Subject: Re: backup up, ghosting a Winxp machine
From: Jim Dory (jdory@nomealaska.org)
Date: Fri Oct 03 2003 - 07:16:54 AKDT
So perhaps it is beyond normal methods to be able to back up XP
computers without using some kind of action on the computer itself, or,
in other words, just from a linux server.
Thanks, Jim
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: backup up, ghosting a Winxp machine
> Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 19:33:28 -0800
> From: Matthew Schumacher
> To: aklug@aklug.org
> References: <3F7CD401.3010707@gci.net>
>
>
>
> Try looking at www.partimage.org.
>
> It is an open source partition cloning tool like ghost.
>
>
> James Dory wrote:
>
>> I've been googling and looking through the archives trying to see if
>> I can backup quickly a Windows XP pro machine using something like dd.
>>
>> I've tried:
>>
>> dd if=//10.10.10.1/C$ | gzip > /tmp/win-backup
>>
>> and I get a file or directory not found. I tried
>> smbclient -L 10.10.10.1
>> and I get Sharenames like
>> IPC$
>> print$
>> ADMIN$
>> C$
>> and a few others, hence the C$ above.
>>
>> I'm not knowing what I'm doing here much, just trying to backup a
>> couple machines once.
>> Maybe someone has a better idea. It would be best to somehow copy
>> direct to CDR. This is
>> over a lan, a couple routers.
>>
>> I don't know have direct access to the windows boxes but do have the
>> admin passwords and other
>> user passwords.
>>
>> Just can't learn this stuff quick enough.
>>
>> cheers, Jim
>>
>>
>>
>
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