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backintime package

Backing Up from NTFS to ext4

Asked by Ricky

I had BackInTime set up to back up data from an NFTS formatted drive to another NFTS formatted drive and it took forever to back up. I'm talking over a day.

My question is, if I were to re-format by backup drive to ext4, would it then make the backup run a lot quicker or will both drives need to be formatted in ext4?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Are the drives in the same system or is this over a network?

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Ricky (rickybobby1986) said : 		#2

Both drives are in the same system.

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

I'm not sure about speed, but if you are spitting the files from NTFS to Ext4 at a file level then you will remove file permissions. Ext4 cannot hold Windows file meta-data. If this is stored as an image (like an ISO file) then this is fine to use Ext4 with.

I also suggest that you defrag your NTFS using a Windows OS as this may improve throughput (unless it is an SSD which will make no difference).

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Ricky (rickybobby1986) said : 		#4

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.