Hi, I've bypassed rsync-ing the WinXP swap file, and the backups don't crash any more. But I just now noticed that my clone of the WinXP partition isn't a perfect replica. Using this command... rsync -Hvxrlt --exclude=pagefile.sys --delete /mnt/tempWindows/ /mnt/backupWindows ... I end up with these two results: In the source WinXP partition... 392 hidden files 3847 folders 35269 files In the target WinXP partition... 214 hidden files 3996 folders 35307 files I've run that rsync command a couple times, without even booting into Windows between rsync's. So, it's coming up with nothing to send to the target, and nothing to delete from the target. Maybe I'm not correctly using parameters/arguments that effectively deal with creating/deleting empty folders, 0-byte files, hidden files, or similar oddities? Thought that -Hvxrlt and --delete covered it all, but apparently not. Thanks in advance, if anyone sees what I'm doing wrong here. Carl