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    Linux/Windows Backup compatibility

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by VaderX5, Jan 21, 2011.

  1. VaderX5

    VaderX5 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'd like an easy way to move all of my image files (photographs) from windows to a new Linux install. Could I just use a backup service and then pull the files off of that? Which services will be compatible w/ both OSs? My wife's got ~20GB worth of pictures, and I'd prefer this method over burning a bunch of CDs.

    Thanks in advance!
     
    VaderX5, Jan 21, 2011
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  2. corbintechboy

    corbintechboy Notebook Consultant

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    It's really not about what service is available, it's about what storage medium you want to use.

    What distribution are looking at? Are you going to dual boot? Are the files on a network somewhere (at home)?

    20Gb of data is no easy task to upload to anywhere (unless you got some insane upload speeds). I have a 1Tb external drive I have formatted as ext4 that I use to backup ~/ and whatnot.
     
    corbintechboy, Jan 21, 2011
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  3. 1ceBlu3

    1ceBlu3 Notebook Deity

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    So..all you want to do is put your pictures from windows into linux?
    If that's the case all you need to do while in linux is go into your Windows drive, navigate to where your pictures are, right click>copy the folder..then navigate to where you want your pics located at in linux and just paste the whole folder there.. that's what I do with all of my media to transfer it into linux...
    if you are dual booting that is....you could also use something like dropbox

    or..If you are not dual booting and want pictures backed up just in case..do as the suggested above- grab a external HDD...
    or of course you could use a backup service..like Adrive, but the time it takes to upload will be a while.
    Also....you could also setup your windows and linux machines for folder sharing...
     
    1ceBlu3, Jan 21, 2011
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  4. VaderX5

    VaderX5 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I didn't know I could do that...

    ...or this. Thanks!
     
    VaderX5, Jan 21, 2011
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  5. Kyle

    Kyle JVC SZ2000 Dual-Driver Headphones

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    If the files are on different computers, copy the data over to an external drive in windows, then copy data from external drive to linux.
    Linux can read write from NTFS paritions easily.
     
    Kyle, Jan 21, 2011
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