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R.Wieser wrote:
> Steve,
>
<snip>
>
> 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.. 

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