Secure data, images, and more with qt4-fsarchiver

Igor Sokolov, 123RF

On the Safe Side

Erik BÄrwaldt

Qt4-fsarchiver can easily save and restore files and entire partitions plus completely write and restore hard drive images.

Several important differences exist between Linux and the major proprietary operating systems. Linux supports multiple filesystems, comes with secure encryption software, and handles a wide range of methods and formats for compression. It, therefore, has an excellent set of prerequisites, so that even in heterogeneous environments it can back up systems and data. Against this backdrop, the qt4-fsarchiver graphics tool is practically unlimited in its potential.

To install qt4-fsarchiver on Ubuntu, you should first attach the corresponding PPA [1] to the package source and then use the package administration for convenient installation.

Precompiled packages are available from SourceForge that work for Linux Mint, Debian (Wheezy and Jessie) [2] as well as openSUSE and Fedora [3]. The qt4-fsarchiver Live DVD is a special gem. It is about 960MB in size, is based on Ubuntu, and includes UEFI support (See the "Qt4-fsarchiver Live" box). Once installed, the location for the qt4-fsarchiver starter will depend on the distribution. Look in the main menu under either tools , system tools , or utilities .

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