I'm aware of tools like Ghost Explorer. The last time I looked at Ghost (which has been a few years, admittedly) it copied used blocks on drive. AFAIK, that what most imaging programs do. ImageX reads the file system, not the raw disk blocks.
...Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:p...@optimumdata.com] > Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 9:44 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Open source 'ghost' product? > > Most of the imaging products I listed are "file based" then, as most > (or > all) of them will let you access the image and add/remove files... > > Ghost included. Modern versions of Ghost include this thing called > "Ghost Explorer" that will let you open .gho files specifically for > the > purpose of manipulating the contents. > > On 4/30/2010 11:16 AM, Tim Evans wrote: > > Imagex generates a file based image rather than a block based image > like ghost and the others do. You can mount an Imagex wim file and go > in and easily add/remove/replace files. > > -- > > Phil Brutsche > p...@optimumdata.com > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~