Backing-up

[WhatUsernameIsFree?]

Hi all,

Previously, to back up I took an old hard drive and used dd to backup. dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb

Now I have a Windows laptop as well as Linux I'm wondering how to make a backup of two discs onto one hard drive. The backup drive is 3 times the size of both hard drives combined so size is not an not an issue

Thanks.

[Habitual]

Windows laptop is a separate system, or just another hard drive on the Linux system?

[WhatUsernameIsFree?]

Hi

1 is pure Linux with 2 partitions (1 home 1 system)
1 is Linux (1 home partition 1 system) and Windows (1 'restore' partition and 1 system partition)

Thanks.

[WhatUsernameIsFree?]

Could I do:

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dd if=/dev/sda1 of=/mounted/drive/laptop/windows.img


Then to recover in case of disaster

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dd if=/mounted/drive/laptop/windows.img of=/dev/sda1


Or is it not that simple?

Thanks

[WhatUsernameIsFree?]

Hi,

I'm looking at copying this guide, under the section "Partition Clone".

http://www.backuphowto.info/linux-backu ... k-clone-dd

Can anyone tell me if there's anything potentially wrong with that? When I need to recover a computer is not the time to find out there's something wrong with the methodology.

Thanks

[chiefjim]

Does your laptop have a express card slot? If so consider the option of getting a esata adapter and using a esata capable hard drive docking station. Fast and easy to use. Using GRSYNC makes it easy to keep things up-to-date.

[WhatUsernameIsFree?]

I already have a USB hard drive. Would Grsync work with Windows 7 (using a live USB?)