Computer Hope
Software => BSD, Linux, and Unix => Topic started by: improbabilitist on July 02, 2009, 03:51:46 PM
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I have winXP installed on the main C:\ partition, but the problem is... it's almost full!
So basically I want to add some space from my second (D:\) partition to my system partition.
But firstly, as a just-in-case measure, I'd like to backup my 2 NTFS partitions (to my external USB 1TB)... not using the Ghost or the trusty Acronis... but exploring new areas by doing it in Ubuntu!
After that I want to resize partitions, but Gparted seems user-friendly enough, so I won't bother you with those questions :)
Thanks in advance!
/edit:
I tried to look at the documentation of SysRescueCD, but it was too much of CLIfication and I couldn't find anything about backing up NTFS partitions onto a USB drive :(
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What you need is CloneZilla (http://www.clonezilla.org/). In most cases, just accepting the defaults will get the job done. Creating an image of an internal hard drive on an external USB drive is bread and butter for CloneZilla.
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Hi,
I do this with partimage:
http://www.partimage.org/Main_Page
I start the computer with a live GNU/Linux distro in which partimage is already usable, such as Knoppix.
http://www.knoppix.org/
Regards.
pvdvyve