> Your C drive is doubtless the system disk. You will never be able to > lock that volume so as to successfully restore it, since the C drive > contains all OS-related system files. (It would have been nice if the > TSM client had warned that the volume could never be restored.)
I see your point, but just to be clear: the volume *can* be restored, but not over itself while the OS is running. For example, you can restore it to an alternate location, or if you boot from another partition, you can restore it to its original location. Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence.