NTFS/FAT32 Partition Backup

[sushi]

Hi Everyone:

Question concerning backing up an iMac with Boot Camp installed.

I am looking for a utility that can make a backup image of the entire Hard Drive including all partitions (HSF, NTFS, FAT32, etc.) at one time.

I am familiar and use Carbon Copy Cloner to copy Mac (HSF) volumes. However, CCC will not backup non HSF partitions.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[airkarol]

Hi Everyone:

Question concerning backing up an iMac with Boot Camp installed.

I am looking for a utility that can make a backup image of the entire Hard Drive including all partitions (HSF, NTFS, FAT32, etc.) at one time.

I am familiar and use Carbon Copy Cloner to copy Mac (HSF) volumes. However, CCC will not backup non HSF partitions.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Disk Utility.

 

[sushi]

Disk Utility.

Ah, the obvious. 😀

Based on your tip I just realized that I needed to boot from an external HD to make a backup image of the iMac internal HD. I had tried when booting from the internal HD and it repeatedly gave me an error.

See what happens when one is working at 0300 in the morning! 😱

Anyhow, trying to make a backup image now. Will advise how it works and restores in a day or so.

Thanks again!

 

[sushi]

Update. Disk Utility doesn't work.

Just backed up the whole HD.

Then tried a restore. Get the following error:

Restore Failure
Could not open connection to helper tool

Also, I could not aim towards the HD, only to the default partition that results from erasing the HD.

Any suggestions?

 

[balamw]

Any suggestions?

Use dd from Terminal? A bit more granularity than Disk Utility.

B

 

[sushi]

Use dd from Terminal? A bit more granularity than Disk Utility.

B

Thanks!

Question. Have you tried using dd from the Terminal and had success in restoring a boot camp HD set up?

 

[balamw]

Thanks!

Question. Have you tried using dd from the Terminal and had success in restoring a boot camp HD set up?

No, but I've done similar things on linux.

B

 

[sushi]

No, but I've done similar things on linux.

Roger. Sometime I will give it a try.