I was not aware it was able to do that, thanks that's some GOOD information!
( Smells like a decent talk ;-)

On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Joseph Annino <[email protected]> wrote:

>  Well I recommended clonezilla before.  It is a disk imaging app.  It can
> image your whole drive to files, a network, whatever.  You can then restore
> the whole partition later, with everything exactly as it was.  With a little
> work, you can mount a clonezilla image under Linux to get files off of it.
> I think its the best tool for being able to do full snapshot and restore,
> disaster recovery type stuff.  For incremental backups of data over time
> once your system is running, there are better tools like "back in time".
>
>
> On 03/10/2011 11:06 AM, Joseph Apuzzo wrote:
>
> Recently Sean notified me that IBM has certified Linux in a way that I can
> still be "complaint" while running Ubuntu ( also was able to run the one VB
> app I need under WINE... finally ).
> Thus I want to go back to Linux ( was forced off by the "PGP desktop"
> mandate ) so logically I want to back up all my files and install Linux.
>
> But is there a backup and restore method that works for both Windows XP and
> Linux? That is I would need to selectively restore files under Linux but
> also be able to do a full Windows restore.
> Unlike tar and other Unix solutions I would like an ability to go back if
> something does not work out. That is to say restore Windows XP ( just in
> case, some insurance )
> So has anyone been in this situation and can share some constructive
> suggestions. Please technical responses ONLY.
>
> Joe Apuzzo
> GNu_Joe
>
>
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