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How can I backup a directory to NTFS while preserving Unix file attributes?

I want to make a backup of my home directory to an NTFS partition (an unfortunate limitation). However, when I last tried using just cp, the attributes (owner, etc) went away. How can I make a backup ...
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What does altering a file/directory mean?

From man ntfsundelete Look for deleted files altered in the last two days ntfsundelete /dev/hda1 -t 2d I wonder what altering files/directories mean? Does deleting some files/directories ...