Backup – How to Backup and Restore the Whole OS

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I have to format my entire disk and reinstall Ubuntu.

I have installed a lot of software on my current system. And I will have to reinstall all those updates, drivers and applications too.

Is there any way I can make an .iso image of my installed Ubuntu along with all the software, preferences, drivers etc in it ?

Is there any way I can back up my whole OS along with all its
software, drives, updates and all ?

Best Answer

there are various ways to do that. The simplest one is using remastersys

sudo remastersys dist 

You should install ubiquity package before working with remastersys

or you can use fsarchiver, redo-backup (A live cd)

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