[sclug] sclug Digest, Vol 94, Issue 14

[Neil Haughton]

Well if you want to spend some coppers, there is Norton Ghost. We use it at
work, and  it does the job.

Neil.

On 26 July 2011 13:00, <sclug-request at sclug.org.uk> wrote:

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>   1. Ghost HDD (Matt Cox)
>   2. Re: Ghost HDD (Steve)
>   3. Re: Ghost HDD (Steve)
>   4. Re: Ghost HDD (Andy Hayward)
>   5. Re: Ghost HDD (David Given)
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Matt Cox <spudgun79 at gmail.com>
> To: "sclug at sclug.org.uk" <sclug at sclug.org.uk>
> Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 09:58:48 +0100
> Subject: [sclug] Ghost HDD
> Hi guys,
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Steve <lohapuk at gmail.com>
> To: Matt Cox <spudgun79 at gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:01:40 +0100
> Subject: Re: [sclug] Ghost HDD
> 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.
>
> On 26/07/11 09:58, Matt Cox wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Steve <lohapuk at gmail.com>
> To:
> Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:07:22 +0100
> Subject: Re: [sclug] Ghost HDD
> If the partition isn't mounted it could work perfectly and that's how we
> deploy windows system at the day job.
>
>
> On 26/07/11 10:05, tom.ashley at gmail.com wrote:
> > In my experience, a dd of an ntfs partition goes horribly wrong. You need
> to use ntfsclone.
> >
> > The best tool to use, for a little automation, is clonezilla. It will
> guide you through and help you only take the partition you want.
> > ------Original Message------
> > From: Steve
> > Sender: sclug-bounces at sclug.org.uk
> > To: Matt Cox
> > Cc: sclug at sclug.org.uk
> > Subject: Re: [sclug] Ghost HDD
> > Sent: 26 Jul 2011 10:01 AM
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > On 26/07/11 09:58, Matt Cox wrote:
> >> Hi guys,
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> 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.
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Andy Hayward <ach at buteo.org>
> To: Steve <lohapuk at gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:08:09 +0100
> Subject: Re: [sclug] Ghost HDD
> 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.
> >
> > On 26/07/11 09:58, Matt Cox wrote:
> >> Hi guys,
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> 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.
> >
> >
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Given <dg at cowlark.com>
> To: sclug at sclug.org.uk
> Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:25:02 +0100
> Subject: Re: [sclug] Ghost HDD
> Steve 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.
>
> You may also want to look at ntfsclone (in the ntfs-3g Debian package).
> It's intelligent enough to understand the NTFS file system and only copy
> sectors which are used. You end up with an disk image that's identical
> to the above dd, but which occupies vastly less space (the unused parts
> of the image contain holes).
>
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