Does anyone know the UNC syntax for accessing an entire disk under 
Windows? I don't mean one partition, but the entire disk, and in 
particular the MBR and partition table.

\\.\C: does it for the C: partition, the first 512 bytes of which are 
the boot record, for example.

But I want to be able to read the MBR, and I'm wondering if there's 
something the equivalent of Linux's /dev/hda, given that the equivalent 
of /dev/hda1 exists on Windows.

Thanks for any suggestions to try. Note that \\.\physicaldrive0 doesnt 
work. :-)

I will say this for Linux: it's a heck of a lot easier to figure out how 
to move system files around. Windows does its damnedest to keep you from 
copying the registry to a new, bigger disk. :-)

I can't figure out the "automated system restore" at all. The backup 
program won't write to DVDs, and the restore program won't read from the 
network or USB drives. How the heck are you supposed to restore the 
backup it made without installing a second disk drive or something? 
Stupid, stupid, stupid. Even with a windows LiveCD it's tedious and 
painful, and assumes your new drive is at least twice as big as the old 
partition.

-- 
   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
     "That's pretty. Where's that?"
          "It's the Age of Channelwood."
     "We should go there on vacation some time."

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