+1 on Clonezilla.
------ Original Message ------
From: "Brian Webster" <i...@wirelessmapping.com>
To: af@afmug.com
Sent: 12/21/2017 11:18:30 PM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Computer Image backup/restore
I have used Clonezilla with good success. They have a live CD version
you can burn the image, Linux based and free.
Thank You,
Brian Webster
www.wirelessmapping.com
www.Broadband-Mapping.com
From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Forrest Christian
(List Account)
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2017 11:07 PM
To: af
Subject: [AFMUG] Computer Image backup/restore
Normally backups around here are file-based, I.E. I want to make sure I
don't lose data.
I have a couple of computers now which I really would hate to have to
rebuild due to hardware failure. These are generally computers which
run a machine, such as the automatic test system and the pick and place
machine. These machines area all typically single-drive
(non-mirrored) mostly off the shelf hardware running various versions
of windows. I'd like to take a full image, and have at least a
reasonable chance of putting it back on similar hardware (probably same
motherboard, maybe different storage medium) and it just work.
It used to be that the tool for this was Norton Ghost. But that's
been discontinued (and I understand it was going downhill before that).
So I'm looking for whatever the current modern version is.
I know there's a few tools out there which do this (Macrium, Acronis,
etc). But the reviews are all littered with failures. Unfortunately
it's hard to tell how much of this is lack of clue and how much of this
is broken software.
I'm wondering if anyone has experience with using these modern
equivalents? Preferably something which runs on a range of Windows
OS'es, and can dump the image onto NAS.
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