http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r22645441 en Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:19:11 EDT Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:19:11 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22764989 Elliot : I have Acronis True Image 11, True Image 2009 as well as Paragon Partition manager. I really like them for MS Windows systems. But, and this is a BIG BUT - they don't understand the lastest ext4 file system which is optional (will be standard soon) on the lastest editions of Mint and ubuntu. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22764989 Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:51:54 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22654419 mattrixx : Thanks for all the replies to my inquiry.

I found out "Acronis True Image Home 2009" does indeed work, and work well, in producing a complete backup image of my MINT6 HDD!
I`m actually running a "triple boot" (Vista/XP/MINT) computer, each on it`s own HDD.

Though I have not yet actually "RESTORED" from said backup,
I am able to boot up using Acronis boot CD, and using the 2009 Acronis program and "Verify" my MINT6 backup located on an external HDD.

Previously, I had used Acronis True Image Home 10 and 11,
which worked well prior to MINT6 / UBUNTU Intrepid.
I like Acronis because it is relatively easy to use (being graphical), and only backs up the "used" contents of the selected HDD(s) for any potential complete O.S. HDD restoration.

Matt]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22654419 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:32:25 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22647129 graysonf : If you are an Acronis customer, I'd ask them what they can do for you to keep you as a customer.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22647129 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:19:04 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22646895 rlt2562 : This topic on the Mint forums mentions a program called Back In Time. Here's a link to it, hope it helps!

Backup software
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A thousand miles can lead so many ways, just to know who's driving what a help it would be....]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22646895 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:23:55 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22646490 mattrixx : Thanks for your reply

I`m looking for a Hard Drive Disc imaging program that can be saved to an External source such as an external USB HDD.

That is, a "snapshot" image of my Linux Mint6 HDD, for potential recovery or re installation to a new HDD .
This necessarily would include all Partitions /Root/Swap/Home etc. so that everything can be "restored" back to the time the "snapshot" was created.

"Partimage will only copy data from the used portions of the partition. For speed and efficiency, free blocks are not written to the image file.
This is unlike the 'dd' command, which also copies empty blocks. Partimage also works for large, very full partitions. For example, a full 1 GB partition can be compressed with gzip down to 400MB"

This is also what I want in a image backup program, but "Partimage" talks about creating backup images of individual Partitions ONLY? Am I mistaken here?

Matt]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22646490 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:49:25 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22646023 SUMware : Are you talking about something like Partimage?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22646023 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:20:34 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22645441 mattrixx : Hi

I've run into a problem using Acronis 11 to backup my MINT6 .
I can NO longer create a conventional image backup, but now only a "sector by sector" image backup, equal to the source HDD`s own size capacity!

I have used Acronis successfully to backup previous releases of Mint. However, it seems there is now a problem using Acronis with the later releases starting with MINT6 /Ubuntu Intrepid.

Apparently the latest MINT/Ubuntu has a new different file block size (?), which Acronis sees as Partition errors during its initial analysis of the source HDD.
Acronis dialog box says to run "check disc" or continue with "sector by sector" image backup.

I have downloaded and looked at "Clonezilla", but this is not what I had in mind. It appears way too complicated for this former Acronis user!
I have also checked out and installed "Remastersys" which is pretty cool, but it`s backup image is limited to the size of what will fit on one CD/DVD

Is there some other (similar to Acronis), *GRAPHICAL* image backup program this Linux newbie can use, to create a conventional ("not sector by sector") full image backup
(O.S./ Data /Settings etc.) of my MINT 6 to a USB external HDD?

Thanks,

Matt]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22645441 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:21:26 EDT