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How do I make a disc image with all files and apps? [duplicate]

Ok, I wiped my HD, installed 12.04, installed all my apps, music, etc and have my OS exactly where I want it and would like to make an exact bootable image of everything to a 32G thumb drive so that I ...
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ASCII number showed instead of letters after using file backup manager

I used File Backup Manager to back up files but now I can't restore files because of this error: Mon Jan 28 17:32:39 2013: Starting restore operation from '/media/andy/A280-E3FF/hudba' Mon Jan 28 ...
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Fastest way to backup a single file?

I want to quickly create a backup of a file, by creating a duplicate with a '~' at the end, in terminal. Is there any straight forward single command way of doing this?
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Ubunbu One - safe recovery of backups

during the years, I've had computer crashes. Right now I am too scared letting synchronization and its systematic recover the precedent 3 computers backup from Ubuntu One cloud. I would like to ...
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Need a way to automatically move files on a daily basis

My Ubuntu system is set up as an FTP server. I have several networked security cameras which send hundreds of MPEG4 video clips to the FTP server every day. These files are stored on a USB-attached ...
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How do I extract a specific file from a tar archive?

Hi is possible to restore a single file from the .tar backup ? I dont want to restore total backup . i just want to restore one single file from the backup .
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How to transfer file permissions from one folder to another?

I did cp -r on a folder (copy), then removed the original. I have a backup with most of the files. How do I restore the permissions of the files & folders on the copy using the backup? It ...
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installing after windows 7

I currently have windows 7 installed on my laptop which is very capable of supporting ubuntu and windows 7 with respect to hardware. Im actually having startup issues in windows 7 atm, that being the ...
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How to backup/restore full-disk encryption?

How to backup/restore full-disk encryption ubuntu 11.10? I would like to put the RAW encrypted file system and restore on another computer. Encryption Details: crypt setup via Ubuntu alterate CD ...
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Where do files ending with a ~ come from?

Sometimes duplicate filenames occur while working on Ubuntu which differ only by a ~ from the original filenames. I know kate generates backup files and calls them your_file.py.swp. Is this ...
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Windows backup loaded to Ubuntu

I have a backup copy of my Windows 7 machine I made before I converted to Ubuntu. Is there a utility that I can use to load it onto the machine now, even though I'm only running Ubuntu? Please help I ...
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Store multiple synchronized copies of a file [closed]

I would like some advice on how to, if it is possible, do the following:- I want to have the same text file in a number of locations. I would like all files to update no matter which file I modify. ...