[sclug] Ghost HDD

[Andy Hayward]

Consider using partimage instead of dd.

On 26 July 2011 10:01, Steve <lohapuk at gmail.com> wrote:
> Basically the easiest way is to boot into a live cd and do a
> dd if=/dev/sda of=/mnt/usbdrive/hd.img .
> This will take a copy of the hard drive and copy to external disk.
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> On 26/07/11 09:58, Matt Cox wrote:
>> Hi guys,
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>> I have a Pre-installed Windows 7 Home Premium laptop for which I am planning to free up some of the disk to make a partition for a Mint install.
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>> Since I don't have the install media I'd like to ghost the resized win 7 partition in case of mishaps. It would also have the advantage of keeping all my installed software in one disk image.
>>
>> Has anyone got any experience doing this and are there any recommended ghost utilities?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> Matt.
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