Macrium on dual boot Win 7 & Ubuntu 12.10

[bruce73]

First time Linux user, but with the help of this forum I successfully set up a dual boot on my Win 7/64 desktop. I haven't done too much yet, just installed my printer, added Dropbox and configured Thunderbird. Before I go further and possibly muck things up, I thought it'd be wise to image the partition.

I use Macrium on all my Win machines and swear by it. Is that a good choice for Ubuntu? I googled a bit and found a case where the guy had a similar set up, but was unable to boot from his Windows rescue disc with Linux installed as a dual boot. Has anyone run into this?

If Macrium isn't the best solution for this scenario, what imaging software is recommended (I don't mind paying for reliability)?

[oldfred]

Users here recommend Macrium for Windows backup.
Backup windows before install - post by Mark Phelps
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2040149
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1626990
http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp

But we usually suggest Windows tools for Windows and Linux tools for Linux as then they tend to work better.
With Windows full image backup is a bit more important as it is difficult to reinstall and update. But Ubuntu is easy to reinstall (after a little pratice ). So I assume a full new install and just restore my data.
I also have a shared NTFS data partition where I have my Firefox & Thunderbird profiles, so I have the same bookmarks & email in both systems.


discussion of alternatives/strategy backups
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupYourSystem

Many that do full image use this.

Full image backups
http://clonezilla.org/
Free Imaging software - CloneZilla & PartImage - Tutorial
http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/f..._software.html

I prefer rsync and you may want this even if you have a full image as image is outdated the second you do anything.

Originally Posted by MountainX View Post #20 also other backup apps
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...ghlight=backup
Sample rsync file, use a text editor and paste into a file & name it mybackup.sh

I used the above simple rsync script and modified for my use.

Oldfred's list of stuff to backup May 2011:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1748541

[Mark Phelps]

I've used Macrium Reflect (MR) for backing up Windows for years without any problems, but am a strong believer in using the right tools for the right OSs -- which is why I use Clonezilla for backing up my Linux installs.

[weq92f]

FWIW
I've successfully cloned a Windows 7 dual boot Ubuntu w/grub using clonezilla.

Hth,

-klb

[bruce73]

Thanks for all the advice, guys. I'll check out Clonezilla.

[The Spectre]

You might want to give Redo Backup & Recovery a look.

http://redobackup.org/

It has worked great for me.

[bruce73]

Thanks for the tip.