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recovery on new hd

Asked by schlumbl

Hello there!
I have two hd's in my destop machine. One contains / and /home, the second contains my multimedia-collection and is mounted on (at?) /home/USER/data/. I backuped this second hd onto a external hd with BIT. Now the second hd is getting too small and I'm going to replace it.
Q: Can I recover my data onto that new hd, if it is mounted on (at?) the same mountpoint? Even if it is empty? Makes it any difference that the UUID and the size have changed? Or should I copy my data manually? Can I contiue to backup with BIT, if the path stays the same or will BIT be "confused" in any way?
I hope my qustions are clear to understand, despite my english :).
Thx!
schlumbl

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Best Bart de Koning (bratdaking) said : 		#1

If the path is the same you can recover from your last snapshot. BiT does
not compare UUID or something and can just continue taking snapshots after
your recovery. One thing turn the schudeler off during your migration,
otherwise if there is a empty snapshot in between you lose your hardlinking
and will it take a full snapshot again (if that happens just delete the
wrong snapshots)

cheers,
bart

2009/11/8 schlumbl <email address hidden>

> New question #89176 on Back In Time:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/backintime/+question/89176
>
> Hello there!
> I have two hd's in my destop machine. One contains / and /home, the second
> contains my multimedia-collection and is mounted on (at?) /home/USER/data/.
> I backuped this second hd onto a external hd with BIT. Now the second hd is
> getting too small and I'm going to replace it.
> Q: Can I recover my data onto that new hd, if it is mounted on (at?) the
> same mountpoint? Even if it is empty? Makes it any difference that the UUID
> and the size have changed? Or should I copy my data manually? Can I contiue
> to backup with BIT, if the path stays the same or will BIT be "confused" in
> any way?
> I hope my qustions are clear to understand, despite my english :).
> Thx!
> schlumbl
>
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schlumbl (readmore) said : 		#2

Great! Thank you for your answer and your great app!

Greetings,
schlumbl

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schlumbl (readmore) said : 		#3

Thanks Bart de Koning, that solved my question.