[D-community-offtopic] How can I backup a Win XP by the same script I use to backup my Linux?

[Linux-Fan]

On 05/15/2013 08:47 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:

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> so if I only will restore Windows on the same machine and drive, if
> something should happen with the install during the tests I'll do, but I
> won't keep it after the tests are done, I could use dd.
> 
> Maybe I'll keep this install for tests I might have to do in the future,
> to avoid to set up a Windows again, so perhaps I shopuld use another
> procedure to backup XP.
> 
> Yes, AFAIK bs should improve performance only.
> 
> Is it possible to restore on a different partition-layout using another
> tool, e.g. clonezilla?

You might already have all the tools needed: I have read about restoring
partition tables from whole-disk images as well as using a simple
command to dump the partition table. When I searched for it now, I found
http://linuxpoison.blogspot.tw/2008/02/howto-take-backup-of-partition-table.html
That page suggests you to use # sfdisk -d /dev/sdX to backup a partition
table which could then be restored with sfdisk again. However, I have
never tried that.


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