backupwindowsdrive

#!/bin/bash

# ensure running as root
if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
  exec sudo "$0" "$@"
fi


windowsmount=`fdisk -l | grep "Microsoft reserved" | awk -F" " '{print $1}'`


if [[ $windowsmount == *"nvme"* ]]; then
     windowsmount=${windowsmount::-2};
else
     windowsmount=${windowsmount::-1};
fi


backupname="`hostname`_windows_backup_`date '+%Y-%m-%d'`_.img.gz"
user=$SUDO_USER


bash -c "dd status=progress if=$windowsmount | gzip > $backupname ; chown $user:$user $backupname"




# to restore... something like this:
# gzip -d -c {backup.img.gz} | dd status=progress of={where}
# run the restore as root, not sudo