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March 24th, 2002, 11:05 PM
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| Need imaging software, but which one?
I need some software that can "image" a computer, then when that computer dies, be able to boot to a shared network drive on my server, and bring the image back. Any ideas? | 
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March 24th, 2002, 11:20 PM
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I think Norton Ghost can do that ... i didn`t use it on a network, but i read that it can be done to recover an image over a network ...
I used Ghost only on one PC and made images of my OS hard drive as a backup ... it does the job perfectly ... 
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March 25th, 2002, 08:23 PM
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Definitely use Norton's Ghost~!! | |
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March 25th, 2002, 08:25 PM
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ghost does pretty good over a network.
Also, it does disk spanning pretty well, so we made basic images and put it on 3 cd's. With the first one bootable and would start the imaging for you.
Lots of options in ghost.
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March 25th, 2002, 08:47 PM
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Ghost is rather pricey. Partition Image is a freebie. I use it in Linux, but it supports FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS. You can backup to and restore from network and it runs from a bootable CD. http://www.partimage.org/ Germ
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March 27th, 2002, 10:20 AM
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fyi, Ghost comes with Norton SystemWorks Pro. Under $20 on eBay. | |
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March 27th, 2002, 03:00 PM
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Yeah, Norton Ghost is nice. Saw it used a couple times. I have Drive Image, but never tried it nor heard of any experiences with imaging over the network.
And, as always, freeware is nice. Going to take a look at that link. Thanks Germ | |
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March 27th, 2002, 03:24 PM
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Note that Ghost Personal editions do not support network drives. Of course you can have a separate local partition to keep images on (or copy to when needed) and not have to use the network drives with Ghost. | |
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April 1st, 2002, 06:18 PM
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Nice link Germ, but i think thats for linux.  Anyone got one thats free and works with windows, networks?  | |
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April 1st, 2002, 09:35 PM
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| Quote: Originally posted by OC Guy
Nice link Germ, but i think thats for linux. Anyone got one thats free and works with windows, networks? | Since it is a bootable CD, why would it matter why the OS is as long as it can see a partition to image from/to? | |
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