On 05/15/2013 08:47 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: [...]
> 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. Linux-Fan -- http://masysma.ohost.de/ _______________________________________________ D-community-offtopic mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
