RE: Disk Imaging

["Alex Monaghan" <ha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Search for a utility called xxclone this works well for disk to disk
copies,
not sure how it will work with a USB disk, but no harm in trying.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: White, Peter [mailto:peter.white@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 5:26 PM
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Disk Imaging
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> All
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> I need to pick your collective brains.  We have a lot (thousands) of
PCs
> that need their HDs swapping for a new one.  The PC's are up to 2 yrs
old,
> so most will have USB2, but some will not.  What would you suggest as
> being
> the best way to image the drive?
>
> I'm working on the assumption of a USB2 caddy, with a USB2->IDE
adaptor
> for
> the older PCs, using Ghost as the utility.  The total transfer will
> typically be around 8-10MB.  The one minor snag is that we need to
avoid
> powering down the existing HDs, though soft reboots are fine.  We're
> looking
> for the quickest, most idiot-proof way of doing this. Am I working
along
> the
> right lines?
>
> Thanks
>
> Pete
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