#!/bin/bash windows_device=/dev/sda1 default_image_file="/home/windows/user/Documents and Settings/Admin/My Documents/Backups/sda1.ntfsclone.gz" image_file="${1:-"$default_image_file"}" echo " You are about to restore the Windows system partition (C:) from the backup file $image_file. This will undo *all* changes made to the Windows system partition since $(date +%c -d @$(stat -c %Y "$image_file")). Any documents or files saved in C: since then will be *permanently lost*. Files deleted from C: since then will be restored. Files saved in D: will not be affected." read -p " Is that what you want to do? " reply reply="$(echo "$reply" | tr A-Z a-z)" if [ "${reply:0:1}" = "y" ] then sudo sh -c " umount '$windows_device' zcat '$image_file' | ntfsclone --restore-image -O '$windows_device' - mount -a " read -p " Press Enter: " fi