I'm getting a new computer soon and I want to know how to get a backup of my Ubuntu system, and transfer it over to my new computer? How do i do that?
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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?
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I have installed Linux Mint and now I want to change it to Ubuntu but I have a lot of apps and information on it.  Is there any way to get Ubuntu without losing data? Or how to back up my information and apps, then install a fresh Ubuntu and copy the backup on it?
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Is there a way, that I could backup all my programs, all apps, put them in a directory or something, so that I could install them quickly next time, without having to manually going over the app center, downloading them from terminal, etc?  Note that I might import them from a distro other than the one I exported them on. So, say I'm in Ubuntu, exported some stuff, and then installed BT and wanted to import them from there.
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I'm quite new to Ubuntu and want to create a backup. I'm really not sure what files and folders to include so that if I restore my system it will be as it is now. I can't seem to find good details of this anywhere. Hopefully someone could help me with this. Is it possible to backup everything as it is now so in the event of a system restore I don't have to reinstall programs and settings?
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I am already using Windows 7. I want to install Ubuntu 13.04 along side Windows 7 in a partition that I already made in one of my hard drive but I am worried about losing the data on my drive. Is there any possibility of data loss?
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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 have a media computer which I recently reformatted to Ubuntu 10.04. I am probably just missing something obvious but I can't figure out how to share folders and files, so that I can browse to them on my Windows computers in order to copy files to/from the computer.  How do I do this?
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I have an iPhone 4S with multiple backups in my computer and I'd like to buy a new iPhone.  Can I connect the new device to the computer and immediately store all the content from the previous iPhone? I want to move all the photos, messages, etc.
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This question is asked many times but I haven't got the right answer.  What I want is to create a partition where I backup my current Ubuntu partition that appears in the GRUB menu. If one day my Ubuntu won't to start I lunch the backup partition and voila my system is restored.   Currently I use CloneZilla but the problem is I must have always on me a usb key that contains CloneZilla.    EDIT:  df -h /dev/sda5           55G     39G   14G  74% / none               4,0K       0  4,0K   0% /sys/fs/cgroup udev               997M    4,0K  997M   1% /dev tmpfs              202M    1,2M  200M   1% /run none               5,0M       0  5,0M   0% /run/lock none              1006M    8,0K 1006M   1% /run/shm none               100M     36K  100M   1% /run/user parted -l nothing
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I have to format my entire disk and reinstall Ubuntu.  I have installed a lot of software on my current system. And I will have to reinstall all those updates, drivers and applications too.  Is there any way I can make an .iso image of my installed Ubuntu along with all the software, preferences, drivers etc in it ?  Is there any way I can back up my whole OS along with all its software, drives, updates and all ?
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I am going to change my machine: from a laptop with Ubuntu to another laptop where I am going to install Ubuntu...  I am quite happy with the current system, what I am afraid of is having to rebuild everything from 0.  So what do people often do to clone an Ubuntu system? That may include the data, packages, shortcut settings, etc...
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I really like Ubuntu desktop.  My company has some computers. I'm thinking on install Ubuntu on our computers. So, I need to know how much the operative system cost? If not, how much is the cost for future system maintenance?
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I'm new to how Ubuntu works and installed it yesterday alongside Windows 7, but in doing so I have created a few problems. I have partitions for Windows, Ubuntu, System Recovery, and storage for all my files with the intention to access them on either OS, but I don't even see all of my drives listed on Home Folder. Not to mention that  during the Ubuntu instillation I managed to screw up any chance of booting to the Windows side of things at all. I'll fix Windows once I get my hands on a copy in a couple days, but in the mean time any suggestions for accessing my files?  If you need me to find any data about my computer to help you figure out what's wrong with it, please don't hesitate to tell me what I need to show you. Thanks
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I have Ubuntu 14.04 installed on my laptop. Can I clone the entire system with apps, settings, etc on a USB 3 pendrive, and then boot from that on other computers as a portable Ubuntu installation to take around with me?  I am trying a function that Timeshift has that's called "Clone the current system on another device". I've selected the pendrive as the target device. Timeshift was talking about this being bootable. But is it going to bootable on only this laptop, or on any system? For example, on an Intel Mac, or a Windows computer without the grub bootloader? Is that Timeshift function what I am looking for, or do I have to do something else?  Edit: The Timeshift clone failed to boot on the first system I tested it on. (A Dell Hackintosh that usually boots from USB just fine.)
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I have a bootable USB drive w/Ubuntu 10.04.  I use it to learn Ubuntu and to diagnose, repair, or recover other people's computers and files.  The problem comes when I constantly have to keep re-downloading the tools I need.  Is there a way to keep the tools I downloaded and keep Ubuntu they way I customized it (i.e. wallpaper, graphic options, icons on desktop, etc.) without installing it on the PC?  I want to be able to keep everything on my USB drive.
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New Ubuntu user here... I have Ubuntu on my 250GB SSD and I have another 500GB on my laptop that Ubuntu can't find. I'm not sure where or how to start finding it.
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I'm new to Ubuntu and recently started using it on my PC. I'm going to replace that PC with a new machine. I want to transfer my data and settings to the nettop. What aspects should I consider?  Obviously I want to move my data over. What things am I missing if I only copy the entire home folder?  This is a home pc (not corporate) so user rights and other security issues are not a concern, except that the files should be accessible on the new machine!  Please take into account that the new machine is a nettop that doesn't have an optical drive and doesn't allow me to hook the old SATA disk into it, so any data transfer must be handled via home network (I can have both the old and the new machine turned on and connected to the home LAN) and I have an USB thumbdrive with limited capacity (2GB). This sounds like it might limit the general applicability, but it would in fact make it more general.