On Thu, Dec 30, 2021, 7:16 AM Josip Deanovic <djosip+n...@linuxpages.net> wrote:
> On 2021-12-30 12:59, Earl Harper wrote: > > Backup Windows 10 and selective restore after changing to Linux > > Mint.... > > Hello, > > I want to backup my Windows 10 computer before I erase it and set up > > Linux > > Mint on it. > > Then I would like to be able to selectively restore files from the > > windows > > 10 backup to the new linux mint system. > > I know that I could just copy some file over but, knowing my luck, I > > would > > miss something important. > > > > Will any of these programs allow me to do this? > > I know that I would need a copy for windows to do the backup and a copy > > for > > linux to restore any files. My fear is can the windows and linux > > programs > > open the data for the other? > > > Hi Earl > > If migration from Windows to Linux is the only reason for the backup > you plan to perform then I would say that Bacula is huge overkill > in this case. Especially if you don't have previous experience with > Bacula. > > Linux has support for NTFS and FAT access (read/write) but to access > files on Linux file systems from Windows you would need to install > tools and drivers which would bring support for a specific Linux file > systems on Windows OS. > > Also, when copying files between NTFS or FAT file systems to Linux > file systems, you will not get the exact mapping of the permissions > and you might lose some other file system specific metadata. > > > Regards! > > -- > Josip Deanovic > > Thanks for your reply. > I have windows 10 up and running but I also have several backups on the > same drive ( I know this is not smart). So I was going to open them and > repack them in a format that can be read on both types of systems. I got > myself in a real jam with Norton ghost a few years ago and now that I don't > have my old Norton ghost cd, I'm stuck and can not access my old files. I > don't want to back myself into another corner. > > Thanks again, > Earl Harper > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users >
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