Recent content by John G

Thanks atanere, It may be that I changed the password from the old computer to the new one to make it stronger, Also, some of the folders when I extract them seem to end up as a column of numbers. I am not very experienced with Terminal so I will try the sudo caja command.-----I have now tried...

Thanks atanere. I will do the things that you suggest. I really only need the "Home" folder.----- I have now tried this, some of the folders work ok, but some get a double lock on them. ie. a lock symbol and a cross needing root permission to open.There are so many files that it seems very time...

No I can install it but the old linux mint 17.1 HDD is caput. My new one (on a different computer) has 18.3 on it. Do you think that Timeshift will be able to read the 17.1 backup files? ----I have just read your link in "It's Foss" and it looks as though it might do the job. I will try it...

Thanks arochester, I used the backup in linux mint 17.1 and selected the backup folder that I had created on an external drive for a weekly backup. The files are .gz files in volumes. John G

Thanks Rob, The folder is not empty if I double click on it. It is full of .gz files however when i go to restore in Backup Tool and navigate to the folder and click on it, it comes up blank. Is there a way to decompress these files and then return the ones that I need by drag and drop? With...

My old compaq computer had Linux mint 17.1 on it when the hard drive suddenly failed. I had backed up each week to an external drive. As a replacement I got a Dell studio 1749 on which I put Linux mint 18.3 with a stronger password. When I try to restore the backup the computer doesn't see it. I...