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FREE alternative to Ghost for emergency backup of a dying Win98 HD incase it dies before I can get a replacement?



 
 
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Old August 17th 09, 02:44 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.setup,microsoft.public.win98.disks.general
SlickRCBD[_3_]
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Default FREE alternative to Ghost for emergency backup of a dying Win98 HD incase it dies before I can get a replacement?

The hard drive in my Windows 98SE computer is failing. It's not always
readable when I turn on the computer and makes some odd clicking
noises, yet turning the computer off, and then on again seems to fix
the problem, although last time it took 3 tries. I intend to replace
the HD ASAP, however, it may take some time as I don't think the
computer can handle an IDE HD larger than 120-some gigabytes. I fear
the HD will crash before I can obtain a replacement.

If I had the software we have at work, I'd use Symatic Ghost to make
an image of my old computer's HD onto my new computer. However, I
don't own a copy of Ghost. Nor can I locate the restore CD with the
OEM copy of Win98 and the Dell's network drivers.

I have a Windows Vista computer with enough free disk space to back up
the entire hard drive to that computer. I'm have Virtual PC with
Windows XP Pro available on that same Vista computer. I've created a
network share of my entire hard drive and a new virtual drive and
used
"XCOPY z: e: /d /h /e /f /g /k /o /EXCLUDE:nocp.txt" to copy
everything but win386.swp and parent.lock after formatting the virtual
drive to boot windows 98 (I used a win98 boot disk in virtual pc).

However, I realized that I don't have any way of setting up a network
connection to get the OS back onto the new drive. I have a backup, but
nothing else. Any suggestions on what to do without a working Windows
98 install CD? I might have a copy of Windows 95 that still works, but
my XP pro CD doesn't like my old Optiplex GX110.

Any suggestions on what to do to install a copy of the system as it is
if the drive dies before I can get a replacement?

Is there a way to use the stuff in C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS to make an
installation CD I can use to get enough of the system running to
connect to a network share?

Is there a free program that will do the basic functionality of Norton
Ghost used to do in making a copy of my hard drive, storing it on
another computer, and then duplicating that setup complete with the
system files on the new hard drive?

I'd like options. At least I won't lose data due to my making a
complete backup onto the virtual machine, but I fear I won't be able
to use it without an install CD.

Hopefully this will all be moot and I'll be able to get a new drive
before the old one fails, in which case I can just hook it up as a D
drive and use the XCOPY command. I just love the old OSes without the
activation and machine/drive verification crap that makes replacing
drives such a PITA.

All this wouldn't be an issue if I could find the darn OEM CD.
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Old August 24th 09, 08:58 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.disks.general,microsoft.public.win98.setup
Michichael
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Default FREE alternative to Ghost for emergency backup of a dying Win98 HD

Easy - Ghost 4 Linux. Download the boot disk, back it up to FTP and bam. You
can image it anywhere, any time. Hell, I just got done migrating our old
Win98 SE to an ESXi virtual machine!

"SlickRCBD" wrote:

The hard drive in my Windows 98SE computer is failing. It's not always
readable when I turn on the computer and makes some odd clicking
noises, yet turning the computer off, and then on again seems to fix
the problem, although last time it took 3 tries. I intend to replace
the HD ASAP, however, it may take some time as I don't think the
computer can handle an IDE HD larger than 120-some gigabytes. I fear
the HD will crash before I can obtain a replacement.

If I had the software we have at work, I'd use Symatic Ghost to make
an image of my old computer's HD onto my new computer. However, I
don't own a copy of Ghost. Nor can I locate the restore CD with the
OEM copy of Win98 and the Dell's network drivers.

I have a Windows Vista computer with enough free disk space to back up
the entire hard drive to that computer. I'm have Virtual PC with
Windows XP Pro available on that same Vista computer. I've created a
network share of my entire hard drive and a new virtual drive and
used
"XCOPY z: e: /d /h /e /f /g /k /o /EXCLUDE:nocp.txt" to copy
everything but win386.swp and parent.lock after formatting the virtual
drive to boot windows 98 (I used a win98 boot disk in virtual pc).

However, I realized that I don't have any way of setting up a network
connection to get the OS back onto the new drive. I have a backup, but
nothing else. Any suggestions on what to do without a working Windows
98 install CD? I might have a copy of Windows 95 that still works, but
my XP pro CD doesn't like my old Optiplex GX110.

Any suggestions on what to do to install a copy of the system as it is
if the drive dies before I can get a replacement?

Is there a way to use the stuff in C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS to make an
installation CD I can use to get enough of the system running to
connect to a network share?

Is there a free program that will do the basic functionality of Norton
Ghost used to do in making a copy of my hard drive, storing it on
another computer, and then duplicating that setup complete with the
system files on the new hard drive?

I'd like options. At least I won't lose data due to my making a
complete backup onto the virtual machine, but I fear I won't be able
to use it without an install CD.

Hopefully this will all be moot and I'll be able to get a new drive
before the old one fails, in which case I can just hook it up as a D
drive and use the XCOPY command. I just love the old OSes without the
activation and machine/drive verification crap that makes replacing
drives such a PITA.

All this wouldn't be an issue if I could find the darn OEM CD.

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Old September 10th 09, 12:05 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.setup,microsoft.public.win98.disks.general
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Default FREE alternative to Ghost for emergency backup of a dying Win98 HD in case it dies before I can get a replacement?

DellT OptiPlexT GX110 (With Socketed Processor)

http://support.dell.com/support/edoc.../ens/index.htm

1. Your hard-disk is a ? IBM Deskstar Hard Drive or Quantum Fireball
Plus Hard Drive.
or Western Digital, Seagate, Maxtor's you need this to get hard drive tools
to move a working
2. Download SeaTools for Windows now!
SeaTools for DOS
SeaTools for DOS has replaced SeaTools Desktop and PowerMax. SeaTools for
DOS can test Seagate or Maxtor Parallel ATA (PATA and IDE) and Serial ATA
(SATA) interface disc drives. Because the software boots to its own
operating system you can test your drive regardless of the OS installed on
it. You can even test a new or completely blank drive. SeaTools for DOS
will instruct the drive to run its built in Drive Self Test (DST) and give
either a pass or fail status. If you are troubleshooting your disc drive
and the DST passes, then you have a good drive!
http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/sup...oads/seatools/

http://support.wdc.com/product/downl...&sid=3&lang=en







"SlickRCBD" wrote in message
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The hard drive in my Windows 98SE computer is failing. It's not always
readable when I turn on the computer and makes some odd clicking
noises, yet turning the computer off, and then on again seems to fix
the problem, although last time it took 3 tries. I intend to replace
the HD ASAP, however, it may take some time as I don't think the
computer can handle an IDE HD larger than 120-some gigabytes. I fear
the HD will crash before I can obtain a replacement.

If I had the software we have at work, I'd use Symatic Ghost to make
an image of my old computer's HD onto my new computer. However, I
don't own a copy of Ghost. Nor can I locate the restore CD with the
OEM copy of Win98 and the Dell's network drivers.

I have a Windows Vista computer with enough free disk space to back up
the entire hard drive to that computer. I'm have Virtual PC with
Windows XP Pro available on that same Vista computer. I've created a
network share of my entire hard drive and a new virtual drive and
used
"XCOPY z: e: /d /h /e /f /g /k /o /EXCLUDE:nocp.txt" to copy
everything but win386.swp and parent.lock after formatting the virtual
drive to boot windows 98 (I used a win98 boot disk in virtual pc).

However, I realized that I don't have any way of setting up a network
connection to get the OS back onto the new drive. I have a backup, but
nothing else. Any suggestions on what to do without a working Windows
98 install CD? I might have a copy of Windows 95 that still works, but
my XP pro CD doesn't like my old Optiplex GX110.

Any suggestions on what to do to install a copy of the system as it is
if the drive dies before I can get a replacement?

Is there a way to use the stuff in C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS to make an
installation CD I can use to get enough of the system running to
connect to a network share?

Is there a free program that will do the basic functionality of Norton
Ghost used to do in making a copy of my hard drive, storing it on
another computer, and then duplicating that setup complete with the
system files on the new hard drive?

I'd like options. At least I won't lose data due to my making a
complete backup onto the virtual machine, but I fear I won't be able
to use it without an install CD.

Hopefully this will all be moot and I'll be able to get a new drive
before the old one fails, in which case I can just hook it up as a D
drive and use the XCOPY command. I just love the old OSes without the
activation and machine/drive verification crap that makes replacing
drives such a PITA.

All this wouldn't be an issue if I could find the darn OEM CD.


 




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