03-16-2014, 11:12 PM
(03-15-2014, 10:11 PM)Coastie link Wrote: [quote author=riser link=topic=129.msg674#msg674 date=1394903895]
??? ... The reason to boot from a Live CD and do a restore is that you OS (Operating System, main partition) got corrupted. ... I suggest you create separate backup volumes for documents/email (more frequent, maybe hourly, backups) and one for media/video (less frequent, maybe daily, backups).
riser
This seem way over my head. Wouldn't be sufficient to just back up the files I created in my home folder and saved e-mails (if I can find them) and if the hard drive got corrupted just reinstall the OS and programs?
(The only partitions that I think I have are a small one for grub and the rest of the HD for Linux Lite.
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That is my point. You don't need to backup the OS, so there is no need to boot from a Live CD.
Use Back In Time to backup your home directory and any other important files. I suggested separate volumes within BIT to backup often changing files (usually small), and not-often changing files (usually large). You should also exclude some files/patterns from the backup to improve performance and reduce clutter (tmp, cache, *~, etc.).
riser