Backup default application

[muzycales]

I have a quick question about the "BackUp" application that comes with Ubuntu 12.04.

I managed to set up my computer the way I like it. Now, I'd like to create a backup of my file system partition. I've research a few backup options (such as fsarchiver, partimage), but if I'm not mistaken, in order to be able to use fsarchiver I have to run it from a live cd. Therefore, I was wondering if I can use the Backup program instead. Maybe I could select the "/" and take the files and save them to usb flash drive. Would that work?
Thanks much.

[jerrrys]

Hi muzycales, welcome to the forums :)

A mounted partition will have processes in use and will not give you a good clone. So you are going to need someway to clone "/" while unmounted.

I use clonezilla (http://clonezilla.org/), but there are other ways (http://www.googlubuntu.com/results/?cx=006238239194895611142%3Au-ocqbntw_o&cof=FORID%3A9&ie=UTF-8&q=system+backup&as_qdr=all&sa=Google+Search&lang=en).