[sclug] sclug Digest, Vol 94, Issue 14

[Neil Haughton]

In the FOSS world there is CloneZilla, although I have never used this
myself.

Neil

On 27 July 2011 12:27, Neil Haughton <haughtonomous at googlemail.com> wrote:

> 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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