[Novalug] Quick & Dirty Backup Solution?

[jason]

I just did something similar in moving a Windows XP box from one hdd to 
another.  You can boot a Linux CD and use ntfsclone but be very careful of 
the syntax.  Rather than the standard "command source destination" it 
requires "command destination source".  Mix that up and you'll overwrite 
your data with nothingness.  First you'll need to create identically sized 
partitions, then boot the Linux disc (I used knoppix) and copy. Once you 
copy the drive you may need to put the backup into another Windows system 
as the secondary drive and go into the disk administrator and set the 
partition "active".

One more warning: I did this successfully on a 9GB drive but when I tried 
it on an 85GB partition, which was supposed to take 12 hours, the system 
hung at some point overnight.  I ended up using ghost instead.

Last I checked ghost was about $80 so it may be worth it just to keep a 
new copy lying around.  Or if you have partition magic it'll copy volumes 
too.

Hope this helps.

-Jason

On Wed, 8 Nov 2006, jlg wrote:

> Greetings:
>
>  I'm in a lab environment and have serveral HP DL[35]80 servers with Winders 2003 server on them.  I have a need to backup these boxes with little muss and fuss.  I'd use ghost but some knucklehead has lost the media.  My thought is boot a Linux CD on the box in question and the dd the windows partitions to another windows server (ie NTFS share).  Doable?  I'm open to suggestions.  I need something that *will* work and *will* restore.
>  This should be considered  a "one off".
>
>  Thanks much.
>
>  ...jlg (jim)
>

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-Jason

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