[SLL] backup to Windows, restore on Linux

[Geoff]

Adam Monsen wrote:
> 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?
>
>   
What about using a bigger USB Stick, a 2GB or 4GB stick or if you are
luckier you might have one that is bigger than 5GB then you can just
copy it all to that.
I would just copy as much as I can on to the CDs or USB sticks if
available, then transfer.  Without using a backup program.  you can use
tar.gz or .zip files to try and compress them to make them fit on the
media better. But it might make it more work then necessary. Just copy
the folders as you can, if some are too big, then split up the files
under them.