can backupper correctly back up and restore linux ext4 partitions.

krism23 · March 31

I have a mixed SSD - win10 and Linux Mint, bootable by either grub or windows manager depending on where I set the BIOS. Currently using Terabyte. Looking for alternative. I d/l your free backupper and it ran nicely at ~470MBs - 6 min for the SSD. It seemed to back up all the partitions but I did not try to restore Mint - thought I'd ask first. It doesn't come with recovery stick software so can't test that. I have no interest in actually running backupper in Mint as I don't think that is possible - not a prob. I have no need for that - win or boot to stick.

Thanks!

Backups on Sammy 870 Evo SSD sata to Unitek adapter to usb3 A. So I would expect max to be ~4-500MBs, and that's what Crystal gives me.

--- ThinkPad P15s-Gen1-20T4-002KUS, i7-10510U, UEFI/GPT, 16GB, Sammy 970 EVO Plus 500GB NVMe M.2.

aiArtisan · March 31

Backupper has 2 recovery stick utilities. BU can backup and restore Ext 2/3/4, using Exact-Sector-By-Sector method so it may take several minutes. There is an extremely old BU Linux version, please do not use that.

Backupper WinPE USB:

Add custom drivers, such as NVMe, if necessary. Does not work on some Monitors.

Partition Assistant WinPE USB:

Add custom drivers, such as NVMe, if necessary.

Aomei (Win)PE Builder USB:

Best for PCs before 2020, includes Partition Assistant, Backupper, Recuva, 7zip, OSF Mount, CPU-Z, Bootice, DiskMgmt.msc. Supports x64 portable apps. Does not support any additional drivers, such as some internal M.2 NVMe disks.

Backupper Manual & Guide
https://www.aomeitech.com/docs/AOMEI_Backupper_UserManual.pdf

Free utility not from Aomei:

Ventoy - Best Multiboot USB Creator

Put all bootable ISOs on 1 USB Stick, open source

krism23 · March 31

Okay thanks.

Aashvi78 · April 1

Yes, Backupper can effectively back up and restore Linux ext4 partitions. Its reliable functionality ensures seamless data preservation and recovery, providing peace of mind for users managing ext4 filesystems on their Linux systems.

admin · April 3

@Krism23, AOMEI Backupper currently can't support grub. So, the restored linux system might be unable to boot. But, it can help you back up and restore data of ext4 partitions.

krism23 · April 21

just saw these - thanks!

in another thread I relate that I successfully restored a linux partition and yes, that ~600MBs speed was probably because sector restore which is fine.

krism23 · April 21

@Admin wrote

"@Krism23, AOMEI Backupper currently can't support grub. So, the restored linux system might be unable to boot. But, it can help you back up and restore data of ext4 partitions."

Could you tell me please what you mean by "can't support grub"? Thanks!

-- ASUS Prime Z790-V WIFI, I9-12900k, UEFI/GPT, 32GB, Sam 980 Pro 1T M.2 .

edit _ backed up the disk and restored it and it works - that is I can boot to either mint or windows. Of course I don't know if that would work for an all linux disk.

aiArtisan · April 22

If you are dual booting Windows 8/10/11 and Linux, that means you are using Grub2, and it is best to use Disk Backup or Disk Clone method, with Exact-Sector-By-Sector setting, that will help preserve the Grub2, and the GPT partition table settings of the disk.

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can backupper correctly back up and restore linux ext4 partitions.

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