[Gllug] Preparing for Linux - WinXP backup/clone

Martyn Drake linux at drake.org.uk
Fri Dec 6 14:34:22 UTC 2002


I'd highly recommend Norton Ghost 2003 from Symantec for something like
this.  It seems to have handled everything I've thrown at it so far.

Regards,

    Martyn

----- Original Message -----
From: "silly hat" <sillyhat at yahoo.com>
To: <gllug at linux.co.uk>
Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 2:26 PM
Subject: [Gllug] Preparing for Linux - WinXP backup/clone


> Hello,
>
> Naive question here, predictable answers aren't really appreciated...
>
> I have a PC with about 8GB of valued data and on a WinXP disk.
> I would like to clone the disk, then unleash linux, free bsd and
> anything else I feel like onto this cloned disk.
>
> So after having scoured the net, it seems that cloning and ntfs winxp
> disk is not as easy as it would seem. I had some problems with Drive
> Image and wondered if anyone had soleved this mystery.
>
> Its a Dell box with a 40GB disk and I want the clone to go to a 20GB
> disk.
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
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