Re: ntfs disk partition backup

[Andrew Vaughan <ajv-lists@netspace.net.au>]

On Friday 06 October 2006 07:02, Fred J. wrote:
> Hi
> I was reading the man pages for partimage and it said that it supports
> ntfs(experamintal). is there another which know to work well with ntfs as
> well as the other linux know fs types?

I have used partimage's ntfs support in the past, and it worked ok.  These 
days I use (and recommend) ntfsclone.  I have done multiple backup/restore 
to different disks with it.  

If the ntfs partition is bootable and the starting sector changes you will 
need to modify ntfs's starting sector.  This isn't normally a problem for 
me when windows is installed on hda1.  

If you do have problems booting after a move or restore see 
http://wiki.linux-ntfs.org/doku.php?id=ntfsclone#copy_move_or_restore_windows.    

HTH
Andrew V.