I am using Ubuntu 12.4 I like to take an image of entire hard disk is there any software for this operating system or we can take image through Norton ghost?
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I'm a new Linux user. I've reinstalled my Wubi from scratch at least ten times the last few weeks because while getting the system up and running (drivers, , etc.) I've broken something (X, grub, unknowns) and I can't get it back to work. Especially for a newbie like me, it's easier (and much faster) to just reinstall the whole shebang than try to troubleshoot several layers of failed &quot;fixing&quot; attempts. Coming from Windows, I expect that there is some &quot;disk image&quot; utility that I can run to make a snapshot of my Linux install (and of the boot partition!!) before I meddle with stuff. Then, after I've foobar'ed my machine, I would somehow restore my machine back to that working snapshot. What's the Linux equivalent of Windows disk imagers like  or ?  Note: I found a similar question:
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In Windows 7 you could create a system image that you restore later on in the Backup and Restore options:    However Backup and Restore options have changed in Windows 8. They look like this now:    Is it still possible to create a system image so that I can restore it later on or has this  feature been removed?
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I found a 6 GB IDE HDD in my basement. I want to plug it in and see what might be on it. The drive seems to be recognized in BIOS.   I can't find it in Ubuntu to view files, and Ubuntu is the only OS on that particular computer. I was wondering if Ubuntu has an equivalent to the Windows feature "My Computer", which lists all available drives/storage devices. Typically, My Computer shows C:, which can be opened to view all of your directories and files. At this point, it is very similar to Ubuntu's Home Folder.  How to view/select all available partitions of that drive or all available HDD's without formatting or tampering with the contents in any way?
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I've just downloaded a CD image of Ubuntu. I know the installer has a check CD option, but how can I check that the image is good before burning it to CD?
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Hi all :) I want to create a KVM image from an existing iso file (for glance on OpenStack), but I didn't find how to do it. Can you help me please?
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I've seen programs in the past that were able to check the SMART status of a hard disk drive but it wasn't easy for me to find. Also, I think I had to boot into the CD in order to check on it. What is your preferred method for getting this data to hopefully preempt any disk failures?
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I want to use dd to clone my running Linux OS which is installed on a PI4 MicroSD 64GB media, to an image.  Because it is a Raspberry PI I cannot (easily) boot from a USB stick and run the job with the PI4 OS not running. If I do such a job, using a console login, can I restore later without issue?  Essentially can dd create a proper, restorable image of the main drive (/dev/sda) from a terminal session from within a running system?
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I subjected my hard disk (C drive) to a disk scan and found that there was 12 KB of bad sectors. I now consider that disk to be unreliable, and am looking forward to transferring all my data to another file.  The problem is, I want to clone the complete drive (including the apps, OSes, files and everything, verbatim) to another drive. I know there would be some crazy software activation issues, like Windows Not Genuine problem and so on. But I wonder whether is there a tool powerful enough to do the cloning and at the same time maintain the  OS and apps?
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My question is simple =)  I am making a clone image using dd on the terminal on my Ubuntu system. I am saving it on external hdd. Now how do I upload that image to my 1 TB HDD thats in my tower. Also should I format that 1TB to EXT4 or NTFS.   Thank you in advance
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I am running Ubuntu GNOME 15.04 and I find Cheese very basic, are there any alternatives (I have already read this , however that is only really on video recording, and I would like a balance)?  Specifically, I would like an application which can:   Record from the webcam Take pictures Record audio Take screencasts (audio recording included in that as well)   Is there a program that can do all this?
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I'd like to get a still image from a digital video I've taken.  A quick search has revealed these two possibilities,     which uses vlc player  which uses Imagegrab   Any suggestions on which might be better or alternatives?    I'd be using Windows OS  Update In the end I used Windows Live Movie Maker
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What software options are there for taking videos and or pictures within Ubuntu (Much like Apple's Photobooth)?  Please limit one software solution per answer and include key features/description of the software
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When I read the definition of :     ImageX is a command-line tool that allows an administrator to capture an image of an entire hard disk drive and its files and folders in a single Windows Imaging Format (WIM) file.     I can understand the its files and folders, but I don't know the an entire hard disk drive, what's the meaning of it?    Edit-01  We know the an entire hard disk drive means an entire physical disk with its contents and filesystem in it.     But how to understand ImageX capture an entire hard disk drive and xxx?   How can ImageX can capture a an entire hard disk drive? is it mean ImageX only capture the contents and filesystem of an entire hard disk drive?   Or contain other information?
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I was trying to install Ubuntu on an older laptop which doesn't have a DVD ROM or a USB boot capabilities.  Is there an option to burn the image files to a Cd ROM? I am pretty sure that the size of the image file may be slightly larger to fit on a CD ROM. Is there a way to split the image files and use two CD Roms instead?
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I have downloaded the Ubuntu 10.10 ISO file and am trying to burn it to a blank disc so that I can install it, using Ubuntu 8.04. I have a dual boot system with Windows and Ubuntu.   Here's my experience so far:   Boot up my current install of Hardy Heron Go to install updates. Click on Check and informed that 8.10 is available. Firstly install any other updates. Click on Upgrage, get error 'Could not find release notes' Manually download entire 10.10 image from the internet Attempt to burn to disc using Brasero. Burn fails Can no longer mount any discs Restart Can no longer mount any blank discs, but can mount audio discs Restart, now I can mount blank disks Right click on .iso image and choose "Open with CD/DVD creator" Attempt to burn image to disk Wait 20 minutes while disc is apparently burning, for some reason when it is finished it is still blank Attempt to burn again with Brasero, burn completes. Asks me to reenter disk for checksum. Checksum check freezes after 10 minutes. I attempt to eject disk and it tells me 100% success. After restarting from newly burned CD it shows me a screen with Ubuntu and 5 dots, it stays like that for 10 minutes and then eventually I get an error cannot mount disk.
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I work at the university. In my institute we have six computer laboratories used for teaching. Each lab has almost 20 computers, which gives over 100 machines total. Computers have either Windows XP or Windows 7 Eneterprise operating system. We use Symantec Ghost to manage all the computers. Each computer has a Ghost client installed, which allows to control computers over network. Every six months we restore a master image on one of the computers in a lab, update that image and distribute it over the network to all computers in a laboratory. Thanks to Ghost client this is done automatically with just a few clicks.  Recently I suggested that it would be good to have Linux installed in the laboratories. The administrators were concerned that we would not be able to manage that many computers if each would have to be updated manually. The question is: how to manage such a huge network of Linux machines in an automated way?  To make the description of our network more complete I'll add that all students have their accounts (about few thousand users) on a central server. These are accessed via LDAP. To use a computer in laboratory each student has to log in using his own account.
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If I want to make a backup of my entire OS (including but not just my home directory), how do I go about this?    Is it as simple as backing up everything in / and then when if I suffer a crash, just copying the files back over? Will this cover grub, and how do I actually do this when the system is inoperable?