NTFS should be fine as long as the restoration of user files is done using the newly imaged Windows system. Most linux systems, after all, have read-only support for NTFS.
~steven On 12/8/05, John Broome <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do you *have* to have NTFS on your target systems? It makes life much > easier to recover data when (not if) windows craps itself if your HDD > is formatted FAT32. > > Or, at least it has in my experience. > > On 12/8/05, Steven Blanchard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've been wondering about this for a while. Microsoft has a tool > > called 'sysprep' which allows you to create a mini setup for imaging > > systems. That coupled with some of the userspace ntfs tools for linux > > (ntfsclone in particular) could be a powerful combination. For small > > scale use, DVDs or even an external HDD would be perfect. For larger > > scale, a net boot linux which could either pull or accept a push of an > > image. Maybe even use multicast MDP to do large labs. > > > > ~steven > > > > On 12/8/05, Brian Henning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Guys, > > > I've hit upon an idea that I'm sure is probably popular and I'd just > > > never thought of it.. but now that I'm having to rebuild a badly > > > spyware-infected machine, I've realized it'd be awesome if I had a ghost > > > image of each machine in pristine state, so when something like this > > > happens again (invariable with these users...), I can simply back up > > > their data and restore the image instead of going through the day-long > > > task of a clean install.. > > > > > > So here's what I'm looking for: I'd like suggestions on an inexpensive > > > medium for storing each image, which will likely average between 5 and > > > 10 GB. I'm thinking maybe one of the recordable DVD formats. > > > > > > Other suggestions? > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > See y'all tonight. > > > > > > ~B > > > > > > -- > > > ---------------- > > > Brian A. Henning > > > strutmasters.com > > > 336.597.2397x238 > > > ---------------- > > > -- > > > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > > > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > > > > -- > > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
