From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 17 Feb 2026 18:48:33 -0500, Paul wrote:   
      
   > On Tue, 2/17/2026 4:38 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>   
   >> On Tue, 17 Feb 2026 05:30:23 -0500, Paul wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> And that is suitable for disaster recovery (a "bad disk").   
   >>   
   >> So really an all-or-nothing restore? No ability to selectively   
   >> restore particular files that were deleted/corrupted/etc?   
   >   
   > I couldn't get anything to touch the partimage. I tried Archive   
   > Manager, but it was not interested.   
   >   
   > When the partimage is decompressed, like a TAR, you can see the   
   > datablocks in there with your hex editor. It really should share   
   > some characteristics with dynamic VHD, VDI and so on. I haven't   
   > found a way to mount one. But maybe I'm not looking hard enough.   
      
   The KISS principle may be important in lots of software, but it seems   
   to me to be vital in backup software, particularly. This is because   
   the restoration function will often be exercised in a time of stress,   
   when data loss has already occurred, the customer/boss is breathing   
   down your neck, or in general your life is going to be seriously   
   buggered up if you can’t get the data back.   
      
   That is not the time to be discovering whether or not the restore   
   function actually works.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)