Few questions on restoring an os from an image

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Is it possible to backup and restore more than 1 partition?For example, I have a multi-boot computer. And I want to backup them all(Windows xp, Windows 7, and Ubuntu)
If it is possible, what are the applications that offer this kind of feature?
Please give me an idea on how this works. If ever its possible.

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