Norton Ghost free alternative?

Does anyone know of a free alternative to Norton Ghost, that will work on a
Windows system?

Thanks
Andy

"Andy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Does anyone know of a free alternative to Norton Ghost, that will work on
a
> Windows system?
>
> Thanks
> Andy
>
You don't say what your exact need is but assuming that you simply want to
image one drive to another...

Repeat the mantra "Google is my friend... Google is my friend... Google is
my friend" and then do a Google search for "freeware drive image software"
and see if anything that pops up is suitable.
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Don't know. Have you googled?
Since you've included server groups in this, I presume you want to clone a
server. I don't recommend this method.

Andy wrote:
> Does anyone know of a free alternative to Norton Ghost, that will
> work on a Windows system?
>
> Thanks
> Andy

And if you do decide to ignore the recommendation and you want to deploy the
image to multiple machines, make sure you do some research on SYSPREP.EXE

Gordon
"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
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> Don't know. Have you googled?
> Since you've included server groups in this, I presume you want to clone a
> server. I don't recommend this method.
>
> Andy wrote:
>> Does anyone know of a free alternative to Norton Ghost, that will
>> work on a Windows system?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Andy
>
>

"Andy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Does anyone know of a free alternative to Norton Ghost, that will work on
a
> Windows system?
>
> Thanks
> Andy
>
>

- Boot the server with a Bart WinPE CD (www.bootdisk.com).
- Use pkzip to zip up the server disk.
- Do the opposite when restoring.
- Use the Command Console to repair the boot environment

The advantage of this method (other than being free) is that you
learn a fair bit about the boot environment. The drawback is
that any money you might save in not buying an imaging
product, you will spend in working hours.

....and you know ... you get what you pay for, you know? There are times
that you have to open up the pocket book and pay.

Andy wrote:
> Does anyone know of a free alternative to Norton Ghost, that will work on a
> Windows system?
>
> Thanks
> Andy
>
>

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You can use RIS or ADS. See:

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;298750

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserv...rview/ads.mspx

Doug Sherman
MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

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> ...and you know ... you get what you pay for, you know? There are times
> that you have to open up the pocket book and pay.
>
> Andy wrote:
> > Does anyone know of a free alternative to Norton Ghost, that will work
on a
> > Windows system?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Andy
> >
> >
>
> --
> http://www.sbslinks.com/really.htm

That's an interesting idea Doug. Thanks. I'll have to have a read to see
if it will do anything that I need.

If anyone is interested, I searched the net for ages yesterday and found a
few alternatives. Here's a couple of promising alternatives in case anyone
else is interested:

http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/
http://www.partition-saving.com/

Andy


"Doug Sherman [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> You can use RIS or ADS. See:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;298750
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserv...rview/ads.mspx
>
> Doug Sherman
> MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP
>
> "Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > ...and you know ... you get what you pay for, you know? There are times
> > that you have to open up the pocket book and pay.
> >
> > Andy wrote:
> > > Does anyone know of a free alternative to Norton Ghost, that will work
> on a
> > > Windows system?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Andy
> > >
> > >
> >
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> > http://www.sbslinks.com/really.htm
>
>