OT - Backing up Windows machines

Ed Kasky ed at esson.net
Wed Oct 10 19:17:25 UTC 2007


At 1:38 PM -0400 10/10/07, you wrote:
>Okay, this is not a Linux related problem.  I was just hoping for a Linux
>related solution.
>
>I have some Windows XP boxes at home that I would like to backup to my
>Linux Samba server.  I have tried using a live CD and a program called
>partimage.  This was exactly the thing I was looking for but unfortunately
>it failed.  Partimage does not like my Windows XP.  The project also looks
>kinda dead so I can't really hope for a new release to fix my woes.
>
>I have an old version of Norton Ghost that I purchased many years ago.  I
>could make a DOS boot disk and go that route but I was hoping for a
>better, more open solution.
>
>So, the question is, what is everyone else using to create images of their
>machines?

I have never used this to create images but if you want to perform 
backups try Bacula

www.bacula.org
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