sudo rsync -av --exclude={/proc,/dev,/media,/mnt,/sys,/tmp,/home} // /path/destination

cd /path/destination

sudo mkdir proc dev media mnt sys home

Backup home folder

sudo tar -cjvf backup.tar.bz2 --exclude=backup.tar.bz2 --exclude=/lost+found --exclude=/media --exclude=/mnt --exclude=/boot --exclude=/bin --exclude=/dev --exclude=/etc --exclude=/lib --exclude=/opt --exclude=/proc --exclude=/root --exclude=/run --exclude=/sbin --exclude=/selinux --exclude=/srv --exclude=/sys --exclude=/tmp --exclude=/usr --exclude=/var /