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3 : Restoring a disk/partition from an image
Figure 3.3. Selecting an archive file
If you commented the archive file when creating it, the description will help
you understand if you selected the right archive file or the partition image is
located in some other file. Your comment will be shown in the right part of
the
Image Archive Selection
window. Notice that a comment is available
without entering a password that protects an archive file. However, you
won
’
t be able to either restore, or browse archive file contents without a
password (see Figure 3.4 – contents of a password unprotected archive file).
Figure 3.4. Contents of a password unprotected archive file
The more detailed is your comment, the more assured your actions would
be. In particular, you can store several system partition configurations in
archive files, if working intensively with your operating system,
