backup data files

[corkscrew]

I am in the process of switching from windows to ubuntu. I use a laptop and a desktop.Both are duel boot systems.
I have separate partitions on both called "data" which i have left as ntfs so i can still access from windows.

When i am at work i want to be able to backup from the data partition to a usb stick how can i do this in ubuntu?

In windows I used a program called synchromagic is there a simple way to do this in ubuntu?

[keplerspeed]

Conduit seems like all the rage:

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/conduit-sy...-easy-way.html

I do believe it can backup and synchronise directories.

[FrostyFlames]

You could tar the whole drive or copy with cp.

[keplerspeed]

Copying is ok... but sometimes synchronisation is much more convenient, and faster if there is a large amount of data.

[stinger30au]

piece of cake

inside windows run this program

SyncBack Freeware V3.2.19.0
http://www.2brightsparks.com/downloads.html#freeware


run it inside ubuntu using wine
http://www.winehq.org/site/download-deb

[corkscrew]

Have you tried running it under wine? I tried synchromagic and i was getting some funny results so i dont trust it

[mdpalow]

See QuickStart link in my signature below.

Good luck

[kansasnoob]

See QuickStart link in my signature below.

Good luck

That looks awesome!

I'll be giving it a whirl soon!

[corkscrew]

This looks like the very thing to all the backup stuff when you have a dual boot system. I'm definatley going to give it a go

[TVC15]

Hi there,

Backup utilities seem to be a hot item on the forum. A lot of people want something that looks and feels similar to the popular Windows tool Syncback.

For Linux, the best backup tool for me (and surely many others) is rsync.
Best of all: rsync now has a GUI called grsync that you can find in the Ubuntu repositories.
Looks and feels a lot like Syncback and also works on Samba shares or mounted network drives or over an ssh, ....

Very much worth giving a try!


Good luck!