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Anbody out there imagin/ghosting HDD

  • 01-09-2006 12:10pm
    #1
    dohouch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,550 ✭✭✭


    No not a fffing again. Reinstalling is no joke. Takes hours, add SP2 , updates, customisations,apps etc. So it's time to take the plunge into imagin the HDD for reinstall purposes. Don't have DVD burner so was thinking external HDD. Don't need anything fancy, no scheduling etc. Any body like to share their experience of doing this. Probably needs to handle NTFS.
    tnx
    dOH

    🧐IMHO, God wants us all to ENJOY many,many ice-creams , 🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦



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  • #2
    Villain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,951 ✭✭✭✭Villain


    I fund this:http://www.runtime.org/driveimage_faq.htm a while ago but not got around to testing.

    IBM Rescue and recovery is a really good product.


  • #3
    dohouch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,550 ✭✭✭dohouch


    Thanks irish1
    Man it's all a bit over the top for me. Know somebody who is in the business, might beg or borrow one of the commercial progs, Acronis true-image,etc from her. She's busy but will have to be patient. I'd forgotten how much I'd customised my other box and will now have to stay off the net untill I have other box my way again(customisations,settings,lisensec,apps,etc) and then make image. The only goods news is that imaging software compresses so I may get by with 2 or 3 CDR's for a back up.
    tnx
    dOH

    🧐IMHO, God wants us all to ENJOY many,many ice-creams , 🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦



  • #4
    juliuspret
    Closed Accounts Posts: 458 ✭✭juliuspret


    I have used Acronis Trueimage since version 6 and find it much better than ghost especially when using their bootable CD.

    The only thing you will need is space to store the images.

    My current WinXP install takes up 46GB (uncompressed ~66GB).

    Give it a try and you wont regret it....as long as you have the spare space!!!


  • #5
    dohouch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,550 ✭✭✭dohouch


    So it compresses by about a 1/3rd. u have 66Gb, is that videos? I would have only 5 or 6Gb. But the big hassle is the reinstall of programmes and settings. I have desktop and laptop. Do u think I can use one copy of Acronis to do the 2?

    🧐IMHO, God wants us all to ENJOY many,many ice-creams , 🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦



  • #6
    tech
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,846 ✭✭✭tech


    I Use ghost full time have over 100 gigs of PC/ Laptop Images once I have a PC / laptop built to my liking I boot useing BART PE and dump a image of the pc/laptop onto my Server and keep it there handy if you have to rebuild the PC,

    I have generic images for certain Dell Machines now saves some time when people f£ck them up!

    www.symantec.com


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