Re: Disk imaging recommandations
Tony Langdon <[email protected]> Sun, 08 Oct 2006 11:14:57 +1000
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At 10:31 AM 10/8/2006, you wrote: >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 > >I used to use partimage which is also on Knoppix. Never had any >problems with it. However, if you're copying from a dying hdd, wouldn't >a tar file make more sense? Otherwise you might get a corrupt fs and >lose more than just a few files... No, it's the Windows installation I'm more worried about, especially some proprietary usilities for accessing the BIOS. The Linux side I can reinstall from scratch if I have to, no dramas. 73 de VK3JED http://vkradio.com