How to backup Ubuntu 10.04 by menu's?
 

I would like to back up my home directory, witch I think has all my documents and my bookmarks. I get confused when I try to use the written/typed commands. Is there a simple way to do it by menu's? If so, how?

Open your file-manager (I think it is Nautilus on Ubuntu), navigate to the /home-directory (so that you can see the folder with your user's name), right click on that folder and create an archive of it or copy it directly to your backup drive.

You can also install luckybackup. This is a GUI based (rsync frontend) app which kinda holds your hand if unsure. You can install it via Synaptic or via command line,

The homepage for luckybackup is - http://luckybackup.sourceforge.net/

Thanks to both of you, I will try and get back to you.

Yes, Luckybackup is what I use. Another that I tried and didn't care for is back in time. That does versioning. What I like about Lucky Backup is gui for multiple profiles and excluding files is easy.

I printed all of what everyone said. I will download "luckybackup" and give it a go.

All this is the preliminary to installing the latest Ubuntu 64 bit, witch I'm not so sure about! Therefore the backup verification from you guys. Thanks, and I will get back to all of you.

In that case consider making an image of your OS drive using Clonezilla. Create a Clonezilla boot CD and save the image to a different drive - USB, network, or a local drive.
http://geekyprojects.com/cloning/how...illa-tutorial/

I've use it many time, for different reasons, such as replacing a drive with bad sectors or saving a "snapshot" of the entire system before making a major change.