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[ubuntu] Restoring Files from Windows Backup in Ubuntu

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http://ubuntuforums.org – Hey Ubuntu-ers! Is there an easy way to restore compressed files that were made using Windows Backup onto Ubuntu? My portable hard drive has 300ish .rar files that I don't want to unpack one-by-one. Before I decided to use Ubuntu exclusively I tried restoring them onto my Vista partition but I received and error message and the files stayed on the HD. I hope somebody can help with this; it would save me a lot of time. Thanks (Hardware)

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Submitted by dayu on 01/19/2012 – Made popular on 01/19/2012

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hello! as in the title...im restoring a previous back and i am getting this error that stops the whole restoring. is there a way to solve it, or force restoring the rest of the files?

i am using deja vu, the default utility on ubuntu

thanks!

I recently replaced the HDD in my laptop, and re-installed Windows & Ubuntu. Now I want to restore the various virtual machines I had set up on the old HDD, which is mounted in an external USB enclosure. I can read the HDD okay, and the 'bad' spots seemed to be in the Windows partition... but whenever I try to restore the VDI files the copy errors out.

My laptop came with Windows 7 preinstalled, some files (apparently vital windows) was infected by a virus. My antivirus has moved the infected files to quarantined, and since Windows can no more start. I installed Ubuntu over it, which renames the partition of mn hard drive "C" to "E".

How can I retrieve the name of my Windows partition after after the changes made by Ubuntu?

Thanks a lot.

I've installed Ubuntu on a PC with Windows 7. Now since I want to make that PC a VPN server under Ubuntu I've made the login require no password (Windows still has a password). This makes it easy for anyone to see my Windows files. Can I make them inaccessible (and not visible) from Ubuntu. Sort of like making Ubuntu and Windows two separate systems with their own files on the same hard drive.

I simply want to carry out backups of my folders/files when they are changed and would like to use my external USB drive as backup storage. I can do this using Acronis True Image on Windows XP for folders/files (NTFS) that Windows explorer can access but I want to do it for files/folders (ext4) on Ubuntu. Is there and easy way to do this please using a GUI and not using terminal commands?

Hi,

I have been using Windows XP SP3 for quite a long time. But recently I have been getting quite a lot of BSODs.:(

So I have decided to change my OS to Ubuntu. I have downloaded the 12.04_Live distro and have prepared my USB stick with the ISO using Unetbootin.

I have 4 partitions as described below.

1. C:\ 50 GB - Windows XP is installed in this drive 2. D:\ 100 GB 3. E: \ 150 GB 4.

I desperately need help. Apparently over the past 2 week God hates me and has caused the following: My Windows/Ubuntu Dual Boot machine to fail, and my Hackintosh (OSX on an HP HDX18t) to still be working hard drive wise but will not boot.

I am running Ubuntu 12.04. To backup my files I copy on to a partition on an external usb drive. (The partition is crypted using ecrypt first).

I have found that some large movie files have been corrupted when transferred over.

Up until now I have checked a backup has been done by selecting files in Nautilus and looking at the properties.

I am using a Dell laptop with Windows 7, all of a sudden the HDD is not recognized by Win7. I wanted to backup the data in Win, so I made a Ubuntu 12.04.1 Live CD, and booted from it. I am using Ubuntu without installing it in my laptop.

My problem is that I don’t see the Windows partitions in Ubuntu 12.04.1, b’cos of which I am unable to backup the data.