[ale] "Ghosting" a Windows Machine Using Linux CD

Jeff Hubbs hbbs at comcast.net
Mon Jan 19 22:48:49 EST 2004


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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