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In message <B_6dnZva-Mt0i2PEnZ2dnUU7-bnNnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Bill in Co 
<surly_curmudgeon@earthlink.net> writes:
>
>
>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..
>
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.
>
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