So if I Image my boot camp partition, then I deleted, reinstall it, and then restore it, would it boot? I assume not because as you said it wouldn't copy everything, only where there is data. I'm just confused. :-) I should just come in and Match the start and sectors of the partition tables.
Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 12, 2015, at 12:41 AM, Eric Oyen <eric.o...@icloud.com> wrote: > > that would work. you can create a sparse image of the drive as an image file > on another volume. the beauty about this is that only those places that have > data will be copied. ANything without data will simply be ignored (as a zero > space allocation). THis generally only works if you create a sparse image > volume to mimic a hard dis and then do a copy of all the files inside the > partition. its not exactly a bit for bit backup, but it serves as a stopgap. > > -eric > >> On Sep 11, 2015, at 1:24 PM, Joe Quinn wrote: >> >> there's an "image" function in disk utilitity. would that work or do >> anything? it's in the tolbar with firstaid, restore, etc. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Sep 11, 2015, at 8:35 AM, Eric Oyen <eric.o...@icloud.com> wrote: >>> >>> I mentioned dd. Believe me, its a lot better than msbackup. the last time I >>> used MS Backup, it missed a number of files in my user settings directory. >>> so, these days, I backup the windows partition to an external drive as an >>> image file. I do so once per week and only keep 2 consecutive backups. THis >>> way, I have the next most recent and the most recent backups on hand should >>> something be amiss. >>> >>> -eric >>> >>>> On Sep 11, 2015, at 5:50 AM, - wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Someone mentioned "dd" as a backup utility in terminal. Ditto and rsync >>>> can perform the same function. In google use "os10 backup" and one of the >>>> names for tons of web sites for using them as backup. >>>> >>>>> On Thu, 10 Sep 2015, Joe Quinn wrote: >>>>> >>>>> What are some good back up programs that will back up my Mac OS X drive >>>>> as well as the Boot Camp partition? I think I'm going to need it. :-) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>>> XB >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
