[SLL] backup to Windows, restore on Linux

[Kurt Buff]

On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 5:29 PM, Adam Monsen <haircut at gmail.com> 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?
>
> --
> Adam Monsen

If your machines are networked, use WinSCP - Find it on sourceforge.
Very nice tool that I use all the time.

Kurt