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Originally Posted by AstralTraveller
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.
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Absolutely.
Best regards
Gary
(UNIX/Linux user for 42 years)