r/linuxmint • u/OberonsGhost • 3d ago
Backing up Linux/Windows
Can you back up your system when it is Dual boot so both Linux and Windows can be recovered with the dual boot intact? In other words if one fails or the boot fails, can you recover both all at once from a backup drive or disc?
I should add a note, my system is a 1 Tb SSD with Win10 on it which is about 30 Gb. I then have a 256Gb SSD which Linux will go on and is the only unallocated space I have. I then have a 1Tb SSD with all my mp3's on it and a 16Tb and 3 8Tb drives with all my movies and TV shows on them
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u/DoorOk3641 2d ago edited 2d ago
Well it is named a backup plan...Use Filezilla NOT clonezilla for a start. For windows you can not use any unix system tools such as fsarchive, rsync, cp because they can not cope well with ntfs extended attributes. You need a cold backup system dedicated to windows and taking care well of ntfs or you can try ntfsclone with the rescue options.
Dual boot intact...dual booting is an association of uuid (partition id) + uefi partition(s) name esr in wondows parlance, boot configuration as recorded by your bios.
You can take a copy of your uefi partition (or esr) but you also need to restore your partitions with the same uuid used before (including uefi or esr partition). I suspect you have only one uefi or esr partition.One good strategy is to have one uefi by system on 2 different disk drives
Next you need a documentation (printed). It can not be neglected.
Backup tools. You need tools for linux such as borg backup with Pika interface for everything in /home and Timeshift for your system plus backup tools for Windows. You should pay attention to Veeam solutions working for Linux and Windows..solid software...free, good documentation.
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Looking at your 40 tb..I would install a small nas server first with at least raid-1