Time Capsule with boot camp partitions...

Hi
I've been reading about the Time Capsule on here a little bit now and it sounds great, it sounds like the perfect solution for me. However, i'm unsure on one thing. I would like to be able to backup the bootcamp partitions on all of my macs to the Time Capsule as well, now i understand that this may not be possible and if it isn't what would be the best way for me to back these bootcamp partitions up?
Thanks,
Nigel

I have a 32Gb bootcamp partition mounted on my desktop but it appears in the 'exclude' list and I can't seem to remove it.
Hopefully someone more knowledgeable can explain how it can be done, if at all.

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How can I check? I.e. how can I open that partition from Mac OS / Time Machine?

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http://download.cnet.com/Winclone/3000-2242_4-11089354.html
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5639?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
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AceNeerav wrote:
I'm performing a restore now. lets see if this fixes the issue. the method i'm using is restoring the entire HD from a time machine backup.
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Prior to OSX 10.5 Leopard there was no Time Machine and that was the prefered way for a full backup
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Stefan
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Paragon NTFS
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/26288/ntfs-for-mac-os-x
http://www.paragon-software.com/home/ntfs-mac/

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