# Operating System **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [April 30, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/operating-system/434 "2021-04-30T20:48:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BobDe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b782af/32.png) [@BobDe](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/BobDe)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/operating-system/434/1 "2021-04-30T20:48:36Z")
How is Kopia for backing up a working operating system… I’ve tried some others and always had issues with open files . Thanks Bob ---
**Author:** ![jkowalski](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/jkowalski/32/3_2.png) [@jkowalski](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/jkowalski)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2021, 12:51am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/operating-system/434/2 "2021-05-01T00:51:32Z")
Kopia is not for really meant for full system backup. It does not recognize certain file system features (fifos, sockets, block devices) and would not be able to precisely snapshot them in a way that can be restore back to a working system after at total loss. ---
**Author:** ![kwag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b4bc9f/32.png) [@kwag](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/kwag)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2021, 5:09am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/operating-system/434/3 "2021-05-01T05:09:46Z")
For OS backups on Windows, there’s nothing like “Drive Snapshot” [Drive Snapshot - Disk Image Backup for Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/X64](http://www.drivesnapshot.de/en/) Also Clonezilla [https://clonezilla.org/](https://clonezilla.org/) For everything else, Kopia! 😜 ---
**Author:** ![BobDe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b782af/32.png) [@BobDe](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/BobDe)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2021, 12:19pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/operating-system/434/4 "2021-05-01T12:19:29Z")
I thought so but … it’s better to ask… Thank you Bob