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Re: Norton Ghost vs. Drive Image vs. ??
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Tue, 26 Feb 2002 16:04:57 GMT
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Hi!

I've used both and they should be able to do what you want if you boot
from a DOS-type floppy (make a rescue disk from a Windows '98
computer, works splendid and even starts most common CD-drives) and
start Ghost or PQDI from there.

Just make sure to make the new partition on the larger disk 100% of
the physical size and you should be set.

It's quite thankful to work with things like this since you have the
old disk to roll back to if you mess up (unless you accidentally erase
that disk while messing about of course - so avoid that :))

I'm mostly using them to take a finished image-file and reinstall
workstations but I'm almost sure a newer version should work fine.

Good luck!
/Tobbe

http://www.arnesson.nu/lotek/



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  Norton Ghost vs. Drive Image vs. ??
 
Well my current HD has gotten a bit too small (or I've got a bit too much crud, er, useful stuff packratted away).. I've lined up a larger one, and I have an extra drive cradle so I can put both in my laptop at once (as well as an external floppy to (...) (23 years ago, 25-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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