Backup bootcamp partition
How do I back up a bootcamp disk partition, or for that matter any disk partition, using Disk Utility?
For years I used a tool called "Winclone" to back up my bootcamp partition, but this tool is no longer supported and does not work under Lion.
I always thought I could just use the "New Image" button in Disk Utility to back up a disk, but I haven't been able to get this to work with a bootcamp disk. It offers to save the file, then immediate throws an error ("Invalid Argument").
I hear about various third-party disk utilities and I am extremely skeptical about going that route and getting burned again the next time there's a major system update. Plus most of those apps don't seem to work with Lion either.
It is difficult to believe that Apple would leave us with no option other to reinstall Windows from scratch. I last did this three or more years ago, and I've installed so many other pieces of software since then and spent countelss hours configuring things, it would be a nightmare if I had to start over when creating a block for block duplicate of a disk image ought to be child's play.
Will Disk Utility at least let me use the "Restore" tab to copy the partition to another disk drive? That would be acceptable.
Thanks.