you need to write with Zeros the empty space of the disk.. I can't remember now the right command to do that.. or you can use G4U ( ghost for linux) they will make a image file for your partition only with the used space. and you can use G4U to backup, restore and they do it by network(ftp) if you want <div>2007/4/13, Rolf Edlund <<a href="mailto:rolf_e@telia.com">rolf_e@telia.com</a>>: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Bruno Cezar Rocha skrev: > sudo fdisk -l /dev/hda1 Ok, but that will only show me the size of the partition, not the size of the data ? But it explain the 'bs' bit. Thanks! Maby it's 'mkisofs' I'm realy looking for. Something like.. # mkisofs -J -o backup-NTFS.iso /dev/hda1 But that will take a full copy (5 GB data + 35 GB emtyness), not only of the 5 GB data ? /Rolf -- xubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users"> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div> -- Bruno Cezar Rocha <a href="http://www.mercadovegan.com">www.mercadovegan.com</a> "Compra Consciente" Contato: <a href="http://myspace.com/brunovegan">myspace.com/brunovegan</a> orkut: brunovegan Msn/Google/email: <a href="mailto:brunometal@gmail.com">brunometal@gmail.com</a> ||SEJA VEGETARIANO ! ||