04-01-2008, 09:34 AM
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has a plan
Location: middle of Whywouldanyonebethere
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You are trying to ghost your system no?
Alternate solution maybe if the damage isn't done click to show I was calling my buddy for the exact same thing. He referred me to his buddy who pointed me to this. I haven't tried it myself, I haven't had time, and need my system for only one more month till I can experiment with this:
PING (Partimage Is Not Ghost) -- Backup and Restore Disk Partitions
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Originally Posted by http://ping.windowsdream.com/
What is PING?
PING is a live Linux ISO, based on the excellent Linux From Scratch (LFS) documentation. It can be burnt on a CD and booted, or integrated into a PXE / RIS environment.
Several tools have been added and written, so to make this ISO the perfect choice to backup and restore whole partitions, an easy way. It sounds like Symantec Ghost(tm), but has even better features, and is totally free.
Features include: - Probably the best available Linux toolbox for rescueing a system;
- Backup and Restore partitions or files to a MS Network Shared directory;
- Backup and Restore the BIOS data as well;
- Either burn a bootable CD / DVD, either integrate within a PXE / RIS environment;
- Possibility to Blank local admin's password;
- Create your own restoration bootable DVD (see the Howto Documentation);
- Partition and Format a disk before installing Windows (so to make sure your unattended Windows installation will happen on the right partition);
- Specific advantages PING brings you over DOS and Ghost :
- Most network cards automatically recognized by the Kernel (unlike DOS);
- Most CD/DVD readers automatically recognized by the Kernel (unlike DOS);
- You don't have to run a Ghostcast server to receive images over the network;
- More supported filesystems;
- You can store an image on several CD/DVD (CD/DVD-spanning);
- You can backup and restore BIOS settings too;
- Much much smaller than WinPE / BartPE;
- etc.
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Also, for XP you might want to look into nLite, windows installation customizer.
Last edited by Hain; 04-01-2008 at 02:16 PM..
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