Re: [OT] Backup windows 7 to Rescue the user!
Carl Karsten <[email protected]>
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On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 9:50 AM, W. Scott Lockwood III <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 2010-12-23 at 07:51 -0600, Craig Van Tassle wrote: >> I also will lose any on my desktop that is not used by windows. Not to >> mention Windows 7 does some strange things with the partitions tables. >> >> I was looking for something that can give me access to the data, but >> still be able restore the system to it's current state if it does go >> pear shaped. > > The iso will let you do exactly that, actually. This iso yes. > I would in that case > back up the entire drive to an iso file rather than just the partition, > so dd if=/dev/sda for example. That iso can then be written back to the > same drive to restore previous functionality. This iso not so easy. you need to mount the partition inside the image, which last I checked requires doing some hex dumps and math. docs are on google, it is doable, but makes me grumpy and worth mentioning. -- Carl K -- Linux Users Of Northern Illinois (Chicago) - Technical Discussion http://luni.org/mailman/listinfo/luni