[solved] Back In Time restoration process

Hello,
I have a basic question related to Back In Time backup program and the procedure of the restoration process. As far as I understood, Back In Time allows me to create a one-click snapshot of my entire root system (I only need / and not /home) which can then be restored to give me an exact replicate of the system at a given point in time.
So, let's say I save this snapshot on my external hard disk and my system crashes then, i.e. it no longer boots. Thus I cannot launch Back In Time to restore the snapshot.
How would I proceed in this case?
Is it possible to boot from a live disk, install Back In Time and then launching Back In Time in the live environment to restore my system with one click?
Last edited by orschiro (2013-03-23 17:35:48)

I dont know , but you can look through the documentation here
http://backintime.le-web.org/documentation/
If the information is not in there ask a question here
https://answers.launchpad.net/backintime

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