Jared
Okay, I watched the video a delight, I'll watch it a few more times, didn't quite catch the file system suitability NTFS? I'll listen for that again. My understanding of the video, at this point,i'll call fuzzy logic one or two more viewings should answer most, I have a little youtube anxiety. I have been watching youtube for years ad free, last month they asked for a signup which I have been trying to skirt. so if I am not prevented by you tube I'll enjoy watching the video which is invaluable, Thanks for having the interest, taking the time making this herein informative, detailed recommendation.
Best, a
Hi a and the rest of the mailing list,
There are two ways _I_ would approach this...
The first approach:
If you are wanting to make a backup for all your files, then rysnc is probably the way to go. I typically do this if I want to pick-and-choose which files are put back onto the hard drive. I *also* will do this from a live USB. I don't typically like doing a root backup on a "live" system. I also don't prefer using --exclude since I pick-and-choose what I want to move over. I typically delete the extra stuff once I have set everything up on the new hard drive, tested to make sure everything I use works, then wait about 1 month before I clean off the remaining files. Of course you can always just keep the old hard drive in an ESD bag, and leave it in a safe place. If you need it, you can always mount the drive externally.
rsync -PvvaAXc / /home/a//media/a/6fbdc743-fc0f-46e4-aea3-8160914c34ec/backup_HDDThe second approach:
Clonezilla can be used to take the source device and give it a 1:1 copy on the destination device. You can even copy over the boot/swap partitions to the destination device. This is the fastest way to transfer data from a old hard drive to a new hard drive and have the ability to pick up right where you left off on the old hard drive. I typically go down this route when clients of mine are in a rush to get their computer back ASAP.
Once you have Clonezilla on a USB drive, and have loaded the live USB in the boot manager to your computer, you can follow this tutorial. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41tTudaQb0I&feature=youtu.be&t=10m8s
If you do device-to-device and make sure you copy over all the partitions, you should be able to boot off the SSD right after you're done with Clonezilla.
I hope I answered your question!
Jared
On 5/30/19 5:42 PM, a wrote:
Hi I have ordered a 500G ssd to install my laptop, with my limited knowledge and support devices.(i no need a live disc) My tentative plan follow the Https below transfer to external HDD then reverse the process to the ssd? IN 1.) ( SUDO LINE BELOW FROM; https://www.ostechnix.com/backup-entire-linux-system-using-rsync/) USING THERE SITE EXAMPLE FOLLOWING: $ sudo rsync -aAXv / --exclude={"/dev/*","/proc/*","/sys/*","/tmp/*","/run/*","/mnt/*","/media/*","/lost+found"} /mnt Q.) IS MY DESTINATION CORRECTLY CONFIGURED?. SUBSTITUTING /MNT LAST PART PREVIOUS LINE FOR: /home/a//media/a/6fbdc743-fc0f-46e4-aea3-8160914c34ec/backup_HDD TO GET THE COMPOSITE LINE BELOW: $ sudo rsync -aAXv / --exclude={"/dev/*","/proc/*","/sys/*","/tmp/*","/run/*","/mnt/*","/media/*","/lost+found"} /home/a//media/a/6fbdc743-fc0f-46e4-aea3-8160914c34ec/backup_HDD BEST.a
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