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tritium · 12-31-2003, 05:48 PM

What software can I use to create a set of restore CDs for a computer I own. I have things setup exactly the way I intend on keeping them.

I want these CDs to be DOS bootable and run just like ones you get from some PC manufacturers.

edit: On a Windows PC...

tritium · 12-31-2003, 06:27 PM

Kinda getting desperate ...

charliex · 12-31-2003, 07:02 PM

sony has a system recover software that comes with vaio pcs that allows you to do this but i dont know if its available outside them.

other than that norton ghost is your best bet, since its difficult to make a cd that reinstalls software, imaging the drive is much better
http://ghost.radified.com/ghost_1.htm
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...Section=1&Src=

i also really like this software, http://www.drivesnapshot.de/en/down.htm but you'll have to build a bootable cd with it on it and the images etc, yourself. this isn't really all that hard to do
http://www.nu2.nu/bootcd/

sailor · 12-31-2003, 07:49 PM

I second the Norton Ghost, or some other such imaging software. It works pretty well, and if you rebuild your machine often, makes life much easier.

Crack · 01-02-2004, 05:05 AM

We use Norton Ghost at work, trust me, it's a god-send.
~Crack

User Name · 01-02-2004, 09:43 AM

Would Norton Ghost work with Windows XP, if the resulting backup is being used to restore the system on which it was created, activation and all?

charliex · 01-02-2004, 03:51 PM

its a binary image, so if you restore it to the same machine or a machine with only a few changes, it'll work fine, won't even know it moved.

If you restore it to a completely different machine you'll need to reinstall drivers, possible reactive and in some cases figure out a way to boot it, as if the hard drive controller is not the same, it wont be able to use the old drivers to boot.

12-31-2003, 05:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
tritium Professor of Drinkology Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Wasting away again in Margaritaville	creating bootable cd images? What software can I use to create a set of restore CDs for a computer I own. I have things setup exactly the way I intend on keeping them. I want these CDs to be DOS bootable and run just like ones you get from some PC manufacturers. edit: On a Windows PC... __________________ Blah. Last edited by tritium; 12-31-2003 at 06:02 PM.

12-31-2003, 06:27 PM	#2 (permalink)
tritium Professor of Drinkology Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Wasting away again in Margaritaville	Kinda getting desperate ... __________________ Blah.

12-31-2003, 07:02 PM	#3 (permalink)
charliex Junkie Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: North Hollywood	sony has a system recover software that comes with vaio pcs that allows you to do this but i dont know if its available outside them. other than that norton ghost is your best bet, since its difficult to make a cd that reinstalls software, imaging the drive is much better http://ghost.radified.com/ghost_1.htm http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...Section=1&Src= i also really like this software, http://www.drivesnapshot.de/en/down.htm but you'll have to build a bootable cd with it on it and the images etc, yourself. this isn't really all that hard to do http://www.nu2.nu/bootcd/ Last edited by charliex; 12-31-2003 at 07:05 PM.

12-31-2003, 07:49 PM	#4 (permalink)
sailor beauty in the breakdown Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Chapel Hill, NC	I second the Norton Ghost, or some other such imaging software. It works pretty well, and if you rebuild your machine often, makes life much easier. __________________ "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." --Plato

01-02-2004, 05:05 AM	#5 (permalink)
Crack Bitches love Sanskrit Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Ohio! yay!	We use Norton Ghost at work, trust me, it's a god-send. ~Crack __________________ I knew a guy who bought a used car through a newspaper. Ten years later, BAM! Herpes ~Peter

01-02-2004, 09:43 AM	#6 (permalink)
User Name Banned Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Urf	Would Norton Ghost work with Windows XP, if the resulting backup is being used to restore the system on which it was created, activation and all?

01-02-2004, 03:51 PM	#7 (permalink)
charliex Junkie Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: North Hollywood	its a binary image, so if you restore it to the same machine or a machine with only a few changes, it'll work fine, won't even know it moved. If you restore it to a completely different machine you'll need to reinstall drivers, possible reactive and in some cases figure out a way to boot it, as if the hard drive controller is not the same, it wont be able to use the old drivers to boot.