12-31-2003, 04:48 PM | #1 (permalink) |
Professor of Drinkology
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creating bootable cd images?
What software can I use to create a set of restore CDs for a computer I own. I have things setup exactly the way I intend on keeping them.
I want these CDs to be DOS bootable and run just like ones you get from some PC manufacturers. edit: On a Windows PC...
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12-31-2003, 06:02 PM | #3 (permalink) |
Junkie
Location: North Hollywood
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sony has a system recover software that comes with vaio pcs that allows you to do this but i dont know if its available outside them.
other than that norton ghost is your best bet, since its difficult to make a cd that reinstalls software, imaging the drive is much better http://ghost.radified.com/ghost_1.htm http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...Section=1&Src= i also really like this software, http://www.drivesnapshot.de/en/down.htm but you'll have to build a bootable cd with it on it and the images etc, yourself. this isn't really all that hard to do http://www.nu2.nu/bootcd/ Last edited by charliex; 12-31-2003 at 06:05 PM.. |
12-31-2003, 06:49 PM | #4 (permalink) |
beauty in the breakdown
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
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I second the Norton Ghost, or some other such imaging software. It works pretty well, and if you rebuild your machine often, makes life much easier.
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01-02-2004, 02:51 PM | #7 (permalink) |
Junkie
Location: North Hollywood
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its a binary image, so if you restore it to the same machine or a machine with only a few changes, it'll work fine, won't even know it moved.
If you restore it to a completely different machine you'll need to reinstall drivers, possible reactive and in some cases figure out a way to boot it, as if the hard drive controller is not the same, it wont be able to use the old drivers to boot. |
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