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Old 21-03-2018, 11:34 AM
gary
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Originally Posted by AstralTraveller View Post
Hi,

My question is this: if I do this can I then plug the USB drive into my desktop machine when it is running (ie not booted from the USB), mount /home/User_Files to eg /mnt/backupdrive/ and then copy files onto the USB drive? Can I do this without corrupting the file system and have the files visible to the OS on the usb drive when I boot from it? I believe it should work but I'd like to be sure before I start.

Thanks for any advice.
Absolutely.

Best regards

Gary

(UNIX/Linux user for 42 years)
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