A REALLY offtopic reply Do so from Linux - ie mount to Windows partition then compress it. It can only be done from outside Windows Russell Peters http://www.users.bigpond.com/russellpeters/delphizip.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alistair George" <ageorge@xxxxxxxxx> To: <delphizip@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 7:00 AM Subject: [delphizip] Offtopic > > Hello All, > Does anyone have any ideas on how to allow backup of WindowsXP/NT system files > which are locked by the system? > The idea being that if complete system failure these files can be restored as a > complete archive. > > > -- > Regards, > Alistair+ > >