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Subject: Re: Any reason why a file-copy (and restore) of the OS partition would
 fail ?
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2017 20:06:04 -0600
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J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
> In message , Bill in Co
>  writes:
>>
>>
>> R.Wieser wrote:
>>> Steve,
>>>
>> 
>>>
>>> Also, a big pro of having a file-based backup of a partition is that you 
>>> can
>>> do *partial* restores in case you (or the OS) deleted something you (it)
>>> shouldn't have (without having to jump thru hoops to, for example, keep
>>> your current emails -- or anything else thats stil on the OS partition 
>>> and will
>>> be erased in case of a full restore)
>>
>> Rudy, you can do this with some imaging programs like Acronis True Image, 
>> if
>> I understood what you were saying above.  By that, I mean I do have file
>> access to the files stored in the image backup, so that I can copy a file
>> stored in the image backup and put it back on my main drive. Acronis True
>> Image (and perhaps some others) do have that capability, which is indeed
>> handy, sometimes..
>>
> But to have that access, don't you have to use Acronis? I think one of
> the things Rudy wanted was after was something that didn't require extra
> software above what comes with the OS.

Of course.  I was just addressing his second point about partial restores of 
files.. 

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