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. > 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. -- Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
