OT - Backing up Windows machines
Simon Slater
pyevet at aapt.net.au
Thu Oct 11 22:28:25 UTC 2007
On Wed, 2007-10-10 at 13:38 -0400, aragonx at dcsnow.com 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 just use smbtar on the shares to be backed up.
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Regards
Simon
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