[ale] "Ghosting" a Windows Machine Using Linux CD

[Jeff Hubbs]

Denny -

Yeah, I did, and it looks like it's a possibility, but it seems flaky
about NTFS partitions, which is almost certainly what I'd be dealing
with here.

- Jeff


On Tue, 2004-01-20 at 00:17, Denny Chambers wrote:
> Have you looked at apps like this:
> 
> http://www.partimage.org/
> 
> Denny
> 
> 
> Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> 
> >Like I said, it looks like identical drives is not part of the
> >equation.  Therefore, I'm not real sure about being able to use dd at
> >all except for recreating a master boot record and boot sector.
> >
> >- Jeff
> >
> >
> >On Mon, 2004-01-19 at 22:49, Robert L. Harris wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>I've done this with DD but you have to make sure your replacement disk
> >>is identicle to the original.  "SHOULD" work with ntfs as well.
> >>
> >>Thus spake Jeff Hubbs (hbbs at comcast.net):
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>Is it possible to make a recoverable "disk image" of a Windows machine
> >>>using a bootable Linux CD along the lines of Knoppix?  The process would
> >>>basically be:
> >>>
> >>>1.  Boot Linux CD in source machine
> >>>2.  Mount NFS or SMB share
> >>>3.  Execute magic incantation; disk data flies to mounted share
> >>>
> >>>Then, the reverse process:
> >>>
> >>>1.  Boot Linux CD in target machine
> >>>2.  Mount NFS or SMB share
> >>>3.  Execute magic incantation; disk data flies from share to target 
> >>>    machine's disk drive
> >>>4.  Target machine boots wo WinXX and looks/acts like the source machine
> >>>
> >>>I expect that the disk drives of the source and target machines won't be
> >>>the same but that all other hardware/peripherals will be. 
> >>>
> >>>- Jeff
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