[SLL] backup to Windows, restore on Linux

[Adam Monsen]

Anyone know how to make a backup on Windows that can be restored on
Linux? I'm trying to help my cousin save his data from his Windows XP
box, install Ubuntu, and restore the data.

My backup media is 700MB CD-ROMs, there is about 5GB of data that
needs to be moved over.

The Windows box currently has something called Sonic that can do the
backup to CD, but I'm guessing it will be in a proprietary format.

I might try using a direct ethernet connection to another computer and
sending the data over, or installing Cygwin and using that to backup
to CD somehow on windows. Maybe make a big .tar archive, split it
using "split", then burn those to separate CDs?

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Adam Monsen