Hard drive imaging

[KingofFah]

I was asked to find a program for a small oem computer seller. He is looking for a program to create recovery cds, so all the user has to do is put one in at bootup and feed the computer cds until it is back to the way it was when it was sent out. I've found a couple, but I am curious to see what anyone recommendations are for any software of which they know.

He's looking for easy of use at a minimal cost. I know I found one program before that seemed good, but I cannot remember its name. It was not one of the major programs out there.

If anyone has info on Drive Image by powerquest (I've never used this program, so would it fit what he's looking for?), then please respond (I know powerquest made the program free right as they were bought, so I would like to find a download link or anyone who has the file.)

Thanks

 

[Jeffyboy]

Maybe use the latest version of Ghost. It used to be Drive Image 7 by powerquest but now owned by Symantec. Check out Ghost... it will allow you to make images to DVD, CD, network shares and so on.

Jeff

 

[bryantp]

Going from HDD to HDD
http://www.miray.de/products/sat.hdclone.html

or

The best collection of utilities in the universe (on one CD anyway)
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

and

A nice listing of back up software that is out there
http://www.pcworld.com/downloa...tion/0,fid,7023,00.asp

Other links of note:
Creating a Bootable Windows XP CD using SP2
http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp2_cd.htm

Good article/How TO creating bootable CDs with NERO
http://www.pcanswers.co.uk/tut...4&subsectionid=607

And what I am more familiar with
BartPE
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/
It is a utility that allows you to create your own bootable CD-ROM ("BartPE") by extracting the necessary files from your Windows XP installation CD.

 

[KingofFah]

Jeffyboy, Ghost is what we were looking at, but I can't seem to find the pricing and a place to buy bulk licenses for 9.0.

byantp, thanks for the links; I've done BartPE, the ultimatebootcd, and the slipstream xp cd before, and they are all good ways of doing backup; however, the guy guy I'm doing this for doesn't like the looks of them. In the end I am probably going to go with Ghost, since I know it works and does everything it should.

Again, if someone knows a good place to buy bulk licenses (and not just list prices like some sites brought up on google), please give me a link.