On 29.01.2015, Mickey wrote: > But what I'm concerned about is that Root will change the owner of the Tar > files. after i do the new install it will have the same user on the crashed > drive. Never ever compress backup data which contains valuable data. One single bit flip will render your whole archive useless. This one does not compress and preserves all important attributes: rsync -avxHSAX /source/ /target Note the trailing slash at the end of the source directory. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org