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Re: Can Debian Backup ntfs File System?



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Camaleón wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Nov 2010 11:32:29 +0100, Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
>
> Last backup was from a year ago, that should give you some hints about 
> how valuable is data for the user.

Daughter is a banker, not computer scientist. IMHO many of those
underestimate the importance of backups.

> NTFS is quite robust. In fact, it survives better to unforeseen shutdowns 
> than other linux filesystems. And again, if you are concerned about the 
> "fragile" status of the file system, run the diagnosis tools in test mode.

My point was not related to the robustness of the file system, it was
related to the robustness of the hardware. If it turns out that the
hardware is ok, there is still time to fix the fs AFTER the data have
been copied.

Cheers,

- --
Johannes

In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the
humble reasoning of a single individual.
- - Galileo Galilei, physicist and astronomer (1564-1642)
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