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- Jeff


On Mon, 2004-01-19 at 22:49, Robert L. Harris wrote:
> I've done this with DD but you have to make sure your replacement disk
> is identicle to the original.  "SHOULD" work with ntfs as well.
> 
> Thus spake Jeff Hubbs (hbbs at comcast.net):
> 
> > Is it possible to make a recoverable "disk image" of a Windows machine
> > using a bootable Linux CD along the lines of Knoppix?  The process would
> > basically be:
> > 
> > 1.  Boot Linux CD in source machine
> > 2.  Mount NFS or SMB share
> > 3.  Execute magic incantation; disk data flies to mounted share
> > 
> > Then, the reverse process:
> > 
> > 1.  Boot Linux CD in target machine
> > 2.  Mount NFS or SMB share
> > 3.  Execute magic incantation; disk data flies from share to target 
> >     machine's disk drive
> > 4.  Target machine boots wo WinXX and looks/acts like the source machine
> > 
> > I expect that the disk drives of the source and target machines won't be
> > the same but that all other hardware/peripherals will be. 
> > 
> > - Jeff
> > 
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