On Thursday 23 September 2010 20:06:40 Les Mikesell wrote:
> On 9/23/2010 12:47 PM, Michael Stowe wrote:
> >> I really don't think that would work.
> > 
> > It would not work, nor is it possible, since Windows can't delete files
> > that are in use.
> 
> Rsync normally creates a tmp file with a different name which is renamed
> when complete.  Tar would just truncate and write on top of the old.
> Both would fail on windows open files.

The trouble I had restoring files happened on both OSes: Windows and Linux 
(via GRML Live-CD). My understanding is that Linux respects the NTFS 
permissions and didn't overwrite the files. 

I cannot test this, as the Notebook is in use.

However, I'll try the given link and a reinstall otherwise.

Thanks for all the help, btw!

> > For restoring an entire XP box, this procedure worked for me:
> > 
> > http://www.goodjobsucking.com/?p=219
> 
> Another approach is to use something like clonezilla or ghost to do OS
> images periodically to get something to bring up a replacement disk
> quickly, then restore the user data from backuppc.
-- 
M.


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