HI jaclaz, I just have read it, your 1st reference link, and for now I want to colne entire hdd. I'll put him into another pc on sata cable, and will be the 2nd hdd on that pc...so it will be Physical drive 1...right? The tool I'll need to use it for backup is dsfok toolkit, right?! Then, I follow your command: After that I'll wait for a while...until I've got a message like: ========================================================= I partitioned about 6 months ago, and I dont remember details. I think it was on windows or maybe, I used some tool from Hiren Boot Cd, I don't remember, how I created the partition... Sorry Also, I dont know how to get the exact size, in bytes. Below is a picture with hdd, maybe it will hepl somehow.. I'll be back with extracted sector!! Thx a lot for your help!!