Re: Disk imaging recommandations

Tony,

the knoppix live cd has it all on ther for you.will even allow you to 
image to a usb portable hard drive if you have one

checkout qtparted and ? i cant remember the program name..but it is there

russell


Tony Langdon wrote:
> Does anyone have any particular recommendations for a disk imaging 
> tool for copying a Windows/Linux dual boot hard disk?
>
> I have an old laptop which is a dual boot Windows/Linux system in 
> which the hard disk looks like it's dying (I haven't fired it up for a 
> while, been waiting until I had a replacement drive).  The hard disk 
> is setup as a dual boot Windows 98 and Linux (FC3).  While I could 
> reinstall the Linux side of the box without too much drama (there is 
> some specialised software, but that and its key data are easily 
> reinstalled).
>
> What I'm looking for is a live CD preferably, that can take an image 
> of the disk and dump it to a file (most likely on a Windows share - 
> have an XP box with sufficient free space), and then reverse the 
> process onto the new disk.  The laptop has no on board NIC, I have to 
> use a USB NIC (which works fine under Linux).
>
> Any ideas?
>
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