OT - Backing up Windows machines

[Simon Slater]

On Wed, 2007-10-10 at 13:38 -0400, aragonx at dcsnow.com wrote:
> Okay, this is not a Linux related problem.  I was just hoping for a Linux
> related solution.
> I have some Windows XP boxes at home that I would like to backup to my
> Linux Samba server.  I have tried using a live CD and a program called
> partimage.  This was exactly the thing I was looking for but unfortunately
> it failed.  Partimage does not like my Windows XP.  The project also looks
> kinda dead so I can't really hope for a new release to fix my woes.
> 
> I have an old version of Norton Ghost that I purchased many years ago.  I
> could make a DOS boot disk and go that route but I was hoping for a
> better, more open solution.
> 
> So, the question is, what is everyone else using to create images of their
> machines?
> 
I just use smbtar on the shares to be backed up.


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Regards
Simon