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Ghosting a win98 machine
On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 13:02:20 -0800 (PST), SlickRCBD
put finger to keyboard and composed: P.S. I'd like a free program that will do the same thing he's asking so I can keep a backup on my 1TB system to quickly restore my own win98SE computer. If anybody knows of one, please reply. If you boot to a Linux CD, you can use dd: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dd_(Unix) There is a Windows version, but it doesn't support Win9x ... yet: http://www.chrysocome.net/dd If you have a Seagate drive somewhere in your system, then Seagate's DiscWizard will clone the drive for you. In automatic mode it can also resize the partitions to fill the target drive. http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/...s/discwiz.html It appears that DiscWizard may be based on Acronis True Image. At least some of its component modules are copyrighted by Acronis. Other drive manufacturers may also have free cloning software. - Franc Zabkar -- Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email. |
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Ghosting a win98 machine
On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 13:02:20 -0800 (PST), SlickRCBD
put finger to keyboard and composed: P.S. I'd like a free program that will do the same thing he's asking so I can keep a backup on my 1TB system to quickly restore my own win98SE computer. If anybody knows of one, please reply. If you boot to a Linux CD, you can use dd: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dd_(Unix) There is a Windows version, but it doesn't support Win9x ... yet: http://www.chrysocome.net/dd If you have a Seagate drive somewhere in your system, then Seagate's DiscWizard will clone the drive for you. In automatic mode it can also resize the partitions to fill the target drive. http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/...s/discwiz.html It appears that DiscWizard may be based on Acronis True Image. At least some of its component modules are copyrighted by Acronis. Other drive manufacturers may also have free cloning software. - Franc Zabkar -- Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email. |
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Ghosting a win98 machine
Is that the 1-disk version that decompresses to a RAMdisk or the 2-
disk version? II should add that I'm two years out of date on my knowledge of Ghost, and is this now freeware? I was under the impression when I worked for the company that it was an expensive commercial program. On Nov 9, 6:51 pm, 98 Guy wrote: CTC IT Mgr wrote: Is there any software out there that would allow me to ghost a win98 machine? Norton Ghost 2003. Available on Hiren's boot cd: http://www.hirensbootcd.net/ You can download this torrent file which will let you make a floppy-bootable version of Ghost (this is the way I use Ghost): http://torrents.thepiratebay.org/343...003_-_BOOT_FLO... I find that the easiest and fastest way to clone a drive is to have he source drive as Drive-0 and connect the destination drive as Drive-1. The destination drive is a blank hard drive (or one that you don't care if it gets over-written). Configure your bios boot order so that the floppy drive is the first boot device, and then boot the PC from the ghost floppy disk. Follow the instructions and let Ghost clone the source drive to the destination drive. After it's done, disconnect the destination drive and do with it what you want. Reconnect your CD-drive (if it was connected originally as Drive-1) and you're done. This will clone FAT-32 and NTFS drives. You can make an exact clone of a win-XP drive this way. Typical copy speed is about 500 to 1,500 mb/min (depends on motherboard and hard-drive performance). |
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Is that the 1-disk version that decompresses to a RAMdisk or the 2-
disk version? II should add that I'm two years out of date on my knowledge of Ghost, and is this now freeware? I was under the impression when I worked for the company that it was an expensive commercial program. On Nov 9, 6:51 pm, 98 Guy wrote: CTC IT Mgr wrote: Is there any software out there that would allow me to ghost a win98 machine? Norton Ghost 2003. Available on Hiren's boot cd: http://www.hirensbootcd.net/ You can download this torrent file which will let you make a floppy-bootable version of Ghost (this is the way I use Ghost): http://torrents.thepiratebay.org/343...003_-_BOOT_FLO... I find that the easiest and fastest way to clone a drive is to have he source drive as Drive-0 and connect the destination drive as Drive-1. The destination drive is a blank hard drive (or one that you don't care if it gets over-written). Configure your bios boot order so that the floppy drive is the first boot device, and then boot the PC from the ghost floppy disk. Follow the instructions and let Ghost clone the source drive to the destination drive. After it's done, disconnect the destination drive and do with it what you want. Reconnect your CD-drive (if it was connected originally as Drive-1) and you're done. This will clone FAT-32 and NTFS drives. You can make an exact clone of a win-XP drive this way. Typical copy speed is about 500 to 1,500 mb/min (depends on motherboard and hard-drive performance). |
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Ghosting a win98 machine
SlickRCBD top-poasted and full-quoted:
Is that the 1-disk version that decompresses to a RAMdisk or the 2- disk version? I have a 1-floppy version. It does not boot MS-dos (I think it's DR Dos). There is barely enough room on the floppy to boot DOS and run Ghost. It does not create a ramdisk. Hiren's boot-cd does create a ramdisk, but I don't run Ghost from Hiren's CD because when I'm cloning a hard drive I will have the destination drive plugged into the cable that was for the CD drive (so the CD drive is not available). I'm two years out of date on my knowledge of Ghost, and is this now freeware? If you can download it from the internet, then it's freeware. I was under the impression when I worked for the company that it was an expensive commercial program. Did you work for Symantec / Norton? Ghost was so cheap that it was included as part of a suite of Norton products on a CD that was included with many motherboards you could buy back during 2000 - 2004 timeframe. |
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SlickRCBD top-poasted and full-quoted:
Is that the 1-disk version that decompresses to a RAMdisk or the 2- disk version? I have a 1-floppy version. It does not boot MS-dos (I think it's DR Dos). There is barely enough room on the floppy to boot DOS and run Ghost. It does not create a ramdisk. Hiren's boot-cd does create a ramdisk, but I don't run Ghost from Hiren's CD because when I'm cloning a hard drive I will have the destination drive plugged into the cable that was for the CD drive (so the CD drive is not available). I'm two years out of date on my knowledge of Ghost, and is this now freeware? If you can download it from the internet, then it's freeware. I was under the impression when I worked for the company that it was an expensive commercial program. Did you work for Symantec / Norton? Ghost was so cheap that it was included as part of a suite of Norton products on a CD that was included with many motherboards you could buy back during 2000 - 2004 timeframe. |
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I have purchased two copies of Ghost 2003 on Ebay for 10 dollars each plus
shipping. A small price to pay for peace of mind. I clone regularly a dual boot XP/Win98 machine and an XP machine. Have never had a bad clone. I might add that I clone to a Usb external drive in each case. Gene CTC IT Mgr wrote: Is there any software out there that would allow me to ghost a win98 machine? -- Message posted via http://www.windowskb.com |
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Ghosting a win98 machine
I have purchased two copies of Ghost 2003 on Ebay for 10 dollars each plus shipping. A small price to pay for peace of mind. I clone regularly a dual boot XP/Win98 machine and an XP machine. Have never had a bad clone. I might add that I clone to a Usb external drive in each case. Gene CTC IT Mgr wrote: Is there any software out there that would allow me to ghost a win98 machine? -- Message posted via http://www.windowskb.com |
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Ghosting a win98 machine
On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:51:06 -0500, 98 Guy wrote:
CTC IT Mgr wrote: Is there any software out there that would allow me to ghost a win98 machine? Norton Ghost 2003. Available on Hiren's boot cd: http://www.hirensbootcd.net/ (snip) Which of the *many* CD versions available there would you suggest for a straight 98SE system (no XP/Vista irradiation)? |
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Ghosting a win98 machine
On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:51:06 -0500, 98 Guy wrote:
CTC IT Mgr wrote: Is there any software out there that would allow me to ghost a win98 machine? Norton Ghost 2003. Available on Hiren's boot cd: http://www.hirensbootcd.net/ (snip) Which of the *many* CD versions available there would you suggest for a straight 98SE system (no XP/Vista irradiation)? |
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