Re: backup/clone NTFS partition?

2012-02-16 Thread Todd And Margo Chester
On 02/16/2012 09:44 AM, Chris Schanzle wrote: On 02/16/2012 12:20 PM, Todd And Margo Chester wrote: On 02/15/2012 08:21 AM, Chris Schanzle wrote: On 02/14/2012 08:20 PM, Todd And Margo Chester wrote: Question: what do you think would be the easiest way to clone the NTFS partition: "dd", "Clonz

Re: backup/clone NTFS partition?

2012-02-16 Thread Chris Schanzle
On 02/16/2012 12:20 PM, Todd And Margo Chester wrote: On 02/15/2012 08:21 AM, Chris Schanzle wrote: On 02/14/2012 08:20 PM, Todd And Margo Chester wrote: Question: what do you think would be the easiest way to clone the NTFS partition: "dd", "Clonzilla"? Your thoughts appreciated. I've had go

Re: backup/clone NTFS partition?

2012-02-16 Thread Todd And Margo Chester
On 02/15/2012 08:21 AM, Chris Schanzle wrote: On 02/14/2012 08:20 PM, Todd And Margo Chester wrote: Question: what do you think would be the easiest way to clone the NTFS partition: "dd", "Clonzilla"? Your thoughts appreciated. I've had good luck with partimage from the system rescue cd. Seeme

Re: backup/clone NTFS partition?

2012-02-15 Thread Todd And Margo Chester
On 02/15/2012 08:21 AM, Chris Schanzle wrote: On 02/14/2012 08:20 PM, Todd And Margo Chester wrote: Question: what do you think would be the easiest way to clone the NTFS partition: "dd", "Clonzilla"? Your thoughts appreciated. I've had good luck with partimage from the system rescue cd. Seeme

Re: backup/clone NTFS partition?

2012-02-14 Thread Todd And Margo Chester
On 02/14/2012 06:48 PM, Kevin Thomas wrote: Yes I have used the disk to image option before so I could save the image on an external drive as a file. It worked well. You can save space by using compression and I believe it gives you an option on how much you want to compress it. I believe it can

Re: backup/clone NTFS partition?

2012-02-14 Thread Kevin Wood
install a minimal "server" configuration, and create an imaging script that could be automated. From: Todd And Margo Chester To: Scientific Linux Users Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 8:20 PM Subject: backup/clone NTFS partition? Hi All, I am designing a

backup/clone NTFS partition?

2012-02-14 Thread Todd And Margo Chester
Hi All, I am designing a new system for a customer. It is a Windows POS (point of sale) system running Windows 2000. I will be upgrading it to XP. It currently has a 20 GB NTFS hard drive. (It is really, really old: Pentium III with ugly IBM white case.) For backup purposes, I need to clone t