Another excellent point, DNSB.
I suppose, for me, having a .bin/.img of the partition is much more comforting as a backup as it will be an one-step process to restore the partition. I always worry that a "simple" file copy will miss some files being copied that have strange filenames or fall under strange directory names which Windows or Mac does not recognize. This problem will not occur will a bitmap image copy. The downside obviously is the large file size.
BTW, I presume you have tried out Linux to see if you can force-mount the non-exposed partitions, in which case you can then image those partitions? I mean if Kobo's own update can access those partitions through USB, then there must be a way for those partitions to be accessed via other means.
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Originally Posted by DNSB
Why bother? A simple copy of the contents of the exposed partition works as well as an image backup and makes access to the contents much easier.
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