Re: Need some advice please.

2023-05-05 Thread zithro
On 05 May 2023 08:29, Michel Verdier wrote: Le 5 mai 2023 zithro a écrit : If on USB/external drive, preferably format the drive so it can be read on multiple OS. So prefer FAT32/exFAT, and avoid ext4, ZFS, NTFS, APFS, etc. As I don't need to restore debian on windows I choose to format my

Re: Need some advice please.

2023-05-05 Thread Jeremy Ardley
On 5/5/23 14:21, David Christensen wrote: If the file is a some kind of archive (e.g. tar(1)), both the data and metadata are inside the tarball and the full-circle results should be identical. Not quite. The file times are usually changed in the un-tar operation. You can usually

Re: Need some advice please.

2023-05-05 Thread Michel Verdier
Le 5 mai 2023 zithro a écrit : > If on USB/external drive, preferably format the drive so it can be read on > multiple OS. So prefer FAT32/exFAT, and avoid ext4, ZFS, NTFS, APFS, etc. As I don't need to restore debian on windows I choose to format my external drive with xfs on encrypted

Re: Need some advice please.

2023-05-05 Thread David Christensen
On 5/4/23 18:37, zithro wrote: The easiest and fastest way to backup is on DVD/USB/external drive, so that you can restore offline. ... If on USB/external drive, preferably format the drive so it can be read on multiple OS. So prefer FAT32/exFAT, and avoid ext4, ZFS, NTFS, APFS, etc. I do

Re: Need some advice please.

2023-05-04 Thread 황병희
2023-05-05 (금), 03:37 +0200, zithro: > On 05 May 2023 03:12, Byung-Hee HWANG wrote: > > Usually i do backup into Google Drive (with only very important > > files). > > So if system is crash, i go to re-install entire after format. > > I hope you encrypt your data, and you have a good internet

Re: Need some advice please.

2023-05-04 Thread zithro
On 05 May 2023 03:12, Byung-Hee HWANG wrote: Usually i do backup into Google Drive (with only very important files). So if system is crash, i go to re-install entire after format. I hope you encrypt your data, and you have a good internet connection ! The easiest and fastest way to backup is

Re: Need some advice please.

2023-05-04 Thread zithro
On 05 May 2023 03:02, Maureen L Thomas wrote:> I need to start writing down everything I do so I don't forget again. This is one of the best advice you can follow, and don't think it's because of your age ! We ALL forget stuff we only do once in a while, and not only with computers ... Just

Re: Need some advice please.

2023-05-04 Thread Byung-Hee HWANG
Dear Thomas, Maureen L Thomas writes: > I should have thought of that.  Thank you for your help.  I need to > start writing down everything I do so I don't forget again. Usually i do backup into Google Drive (with only very important files). So if system is crash, i go to re-install entire

Re: Need some advice please.

2023-05-04 Thread Maureen L Thomas
I should have thought of that.  Thank you for your help.  I need to start writing down everything I do so I don't forget again. On 5/4/23 8:53 PM, David Christensen wrote: On 5/4/23 17:43, Maureen L Thomas wrote: On 5/4/23 8:26 PM, David Christensen wrote: So, your Lenovo

Re: Need some advice please.

2023-05-04 Thread David Christensen
On 5/4/23 17:43, Maureen L Thomas wrote: On 5/4/23 8:26 PM, David Christensen wrote: So, your Lenovo Think[Center|Light|Pad|Station] has two (2) USB 2.0 or 3.0 type-A ports? Can you plug the mouse and the keyboard into the hub, plug the hub into the computer, and plug the USB HDD into the

Re: Need some advice please.

2023-05-04 Thread Maureen L Thomas
On 5/4/23 8:26 PM, David Christensen wrote: On 5/4/23 17:00, Maureen L Thomas wrote: The USB hub is plugged into the USB on the computer and does not have a power adapter with it, the seagate does not have a power adapter just a special plug with a usb on one end and the right one for the

Re: Need some advice please.

2023-05-04 Thread David Christensen
On 5/4/23 17:00, Maureen L Thomas wrote: The USB hub is plugged into the USB on the computer and does not have a power adapter with it, the seagate does not have a power adapter just a special plug with a usb on one end and the right one for the seagate but no power supply. If I remove the

Re: Need some advice please.

2023-05-04 Thread Jeremy Ardley
On 5/5/23 08:15, Jeremy Ardley wrote: The harder ways to solve this should work. However you may have to pay for at least one drive. 1. Get an external USB drive and a powered USB 3 hub. Then create a bootable USB/DVD recovery drive such as knoppix

Re: Need some advice please.

2023-05-04 Thread Jeremy Ardley
On 5/5/23 08:00, Maureen L Thomas wrote: The USB hub is plugged into the USB on the computer and does not have a power adapter with it, the seagate does not have a power adapter just a special plug with a usb on one end and the right one for the seagate but no power supply. If I remove the

Re: Need some advice please.

2023-05-04 Thread Maureen L Thomas
On 5/4/23 7:23 PM, David Christensen wrote: On 5/4/23 16:03, Maureen L Thomas wrote: Ok so I cannot download any files to fix my /var section.  I have a 2 TB seagate that has a USB 3 cord to it.  I do not have an open USB port so I plugged it in to my USB hub thingy and it got shut down.

Re: Need some advice please.

2023-05-04 Thread Maureen L Thomas
The USB hub is plugged into the USB on the computer and does not have a power adapter with it, the seagate does not have a power adapter just a special plug with a usb on one end and the right one for the seagate but no power supply. If I remove the USB hub I will not have a key board to use

Re: Need some advice please.

2023-05-04 Thread David Christensen
On 5/4/23 16:03, Maureen L Thomas wrote: Ok so I cannot download any files to fix my /var section.  I have a 2 TB seagate that has a USB 3 cord to it.  I do not have an open USB port so I plugged it in to my USB hub thingy and it got shut down. So, the USB HDD does not have a power adapter;

Re: Need some advice please.

2023-05-04 Thread zithro
On 05 May 2023 01:03, Maureen L Thomas wrote: Ok so I cannot download any files to fix my /var section.  I have a 2 TB seagate that has a USB 3 cord to it.  I do not have an open USB port so I plugged it in to my USB hub thingy and it got shut down.  It is no longer usable.  So the question is

Need some advice please.

2023-05-04 Thread Maureen L Thomas
Ok so I cannot download any files to fix my /var section.  I have a 2 TB seagate that has a USB 3 cord to it.  I do not have an open USB port so I plugged it in to my USB hub thingy and it got shut down.  It is no longer usable.  So the question is I have a HDMI spot open on the computer and