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sam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi > > I have been looking for an app that will allow me to backup a microshaft XP > windoze as a complete drive image. > > I have used Ghost and drive image in the past. > > What i wanted to do didn't work, I tried a Knoppix Live CD. Checked for DCHP > lease etc, umounted the drive i wanted to clone. > > then tried something like this > > dd if=/dev/hda | ssh user@remotehost /bin/dd of=/tmp/mypc_hda.img > > it created a 100MB file in seconds, But the drive has around 60GB of data. > > > Has anyone found a safe method for doing this type of job > > Regards > > > Sam > Try the GParted Live CD which contains CloneZilla. It is supposed to support NTFS images of both partitions and whole discs. I have have a play with it but I haven't managed to get it to make an image yet, although saying that I was limited for time. I believe it is in the Ubuntu Feisty repository as well. Link to GParted Live CD: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html