Time machine and Windows Partition

Will Time Machine backup my windows/Boot Camp partition?

kenjf wrote:
i am using time machine and vm fusion. If time machine backs up my entire mac HD, is it backing up my windows data saved on the windows/fusion partition?
Welcome to the Apple forum.
Fusion is something quite different from BootCamp. Naturally fusion or VPC or any other virtual system will be backed up along with Leopard, We are talking about a separate OS in its own partition, and the answer as already noted is no, TM will not backup the Windows partition.

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