Regarding the partition shrink, when I was setting up a dual-boot laptop
recently I was mostly following
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowtoResizeWindowsPartitions
But my notes about problems on this Lenovo:
/Rescue and Recovery hidden system folder C:\RRbackups is unmovable
by any defrag program I tried and keeps me from further shrinking
the Windows partition more than an initial 30 GB.//
//
//Lenovo forum notes that the folder and/or its contents may be
reliably removed under any Live CD.//
//
//Current folder size: 14.0 GB (probably holds a system image I did
at some point). Delete folder under Lubuntu Live.//
//
//This triggered "Installing device driver software" at next Vista
boot. No Unknown Devices when done.//
//
//There was still an unmovable $UsnJrnl file near the end of the
partition. From an elevated command prompt, I deleted it with://
// fsutil usn deletejournal /n c://
//It will eventually be recreated.//
/
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For whole-drive imaging in a Linux or Linux+Windows case, the Clonezilla
Live CD should do a good job of imaging to an external hard drive or a
big flash drive.
Clonezilla can also create a bootable rescue DVD with both Clonezilla
Live and the image on it, but currently it can't span to multiple
DVD's. For Lubuntu-only, Clonezilla can easily fit everything on one
DVD. But this won't work for Linux+Windows. Even an 8GB DL DVD isn't
big enough. Since I like DVD for rescue media (cheaper to give away), I
currently don't have a free solution for this case. [*Does anyone?*] I
think Clonezilla can create a bootable rescue flash drive, so that may
be good enough for many people.
On 5/16/2014 8:27 AM, Andre Rodovalho wrote:
If you can boot to Windows, I do recommend you to use Windows backup
tool, or if you have a notebook, I specially recommend to use the
restore function made by manufacturer...
Usually there is option to backup your restore partition to DVD on
those backup softwares made by manufacturer. The Windows tool saves
all partitions, to DVD or Big thumb drive!
For Windows system backup, check the links on this page:
*http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/features/backup-and-restore*
*
*
For factory restore (manufacturer): It depends, you can try to search
"recovery" on the search tool of start button...
2014-05-16 5:26 GMT-03:00 Nio Wiklund <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>:
Hi Basil,
1. I think you can reach more helpers for resizing and backing up
Windows at the Ubuntu Forums.
http://ubuntuforums.org
2. But I'll start helping here ...
I don't know what happened, so that you cannot resize the Windows
partition (with NTFS file system I assume). Maybe you are not closing
Windows (but hibernating), maybe the are errors in the file system,
maybe you made a dynamic partition.
Use 'Windows tools' to fix Windows and Windows's file system. Then you
can change its size.
I think you might fail to restore Windows from a backup to a smaller
partition. It is better to decrease the size and make a second backup
(keep both backups if possible).
It is probably possible to make recovery disks now. It is worth
trying.
-o-
I don't think there is a dedicated Lubuntu tool for backup. Use a
general tool, either a Windows tool or a linux tool. Do you want a
complete image of the drive? Or 'only' backup of the personal data
files, or something in between?
See these links about backup
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupYourSystem
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2223693
Best regards
Nio
2014-05-16 09:10, Basil Fernie skrev:
> Another question, really, but very close... If I should rather
post to a
> different link, please let me know.
>
> I want tp backup the Win7 system partition that came with my laptop,
> reduce it a whole lot and turn about 100GB of space over to
dedicated
> Linux use. GParted doesn't want to touch it currently, because
in the
> process of shrinking it earlier to make space available for the
present
> Lubuntu installation, something apparently went wrong with some
> parameter with the result that while I can acces everything
there and
> still boot into Windows, I cannot resize it.
>
> It has about 110GB of win7 installation and data, plus about
130GB of
> unused space. Much of the data is already backed up elswhere.
>
> So my plan is to backup the entire bootable Win7 partition onto an
> external USB drive which already contains a backup of my Linux
> operations, try reformatting the partition as Win32, then try
shrinking
> it by 100GB and re-installing the backup onto it. If successful then
> I'll remove some of the data backups and shrink it some more. If
needs
> be, I could just scrub the entire disk, set up a Win32 partition
of say
> 150GB for the Win7 restoration, use the remainder of the disk
for a new
> Lubuntu14.04 installation and live happily ever after.
>
> So I have two main problems: (i) what (Lubuntu) package should I
use to
> backup the Win7 bootable partition that will allow me to restore
it onto
> a smaller clean partition? There was no recovery CD when I
bought the
> laptop... is it too late to make one from the recovery partition
that it
> came with, and if so how?
> (ii) should I plan for having to erase and repartition the
entire disk?
>
> Actually, I keep the Win7 partition merely so that every six
months or
> so I can have the pleasure of catching up with all the Window
upgrades
> (aka anti-virus measures) overnight; but I'm prepared to do
this, and to
> give over let's say 30GB of the HDU, in order to have A working
Windows
> boot partition Just In Case Wine doesn't help in a particular
situation..
>
> Any advice, even comments, would be welcome.
>
> Basil
>
> Pretoria, South Africa
>
>
> On Wed, 14 May 2014 21:37:25 +0200, James McCoy
> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
> I been using Ubuntu (now running 13.10) for some time and
know it
> comes with backup software like Deja Dup already included. I
just
> started learning about Lubuntu 14.04 and plan to install it
in my HP
> 64 bit laptop and wonder does it also have built-in backup
software
> or do I need to install it?
>
> If I need to install backup software - does anyone have
suggestions
> for backup software for Lubuntu?
>
> Ubuntu has "Ubuntu Tweak" - is there similar software for
Lubuntu? I
> heard about "Lubuntu Tweak" but do not know anything about
it. What
> is it like? Will Ubuntu Tweak work on Lubuntu?
>
> Is there any kind of listings/directories of software and/or
> applications for Lubuntu in particular? I know of websites
"Appnr"
> and "Linux App Finder" - but they have apps for Ubuntu in
general. I
> am looking for lightweight versions of Ubuntu apps (example -
> lightweight version of firewall "Firestarter" or lightweight
version
> of video editing software Kino/Kdenlive).
>
> James
> Indiana / USA
>
>
>
>
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