an external USB capable hard disk, they are very in expensive now compared to when I bought mine!
Regards, Phill. On 16 May 2014 15:50, John Hupp <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.* > > ------------------------------ > > 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 > <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]>: > >> 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]> 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 >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Using Opera's mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ >> > >> > >> >> >> -- >> Lubuntu-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users >> > > > > > > -- > Lubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users > > -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw
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