Partition and Image Your Hard Drive with the System Rescue CD

jmke · 25th August 2007, 16:53

You've reinstalled Windows from scratch again but this time you want to preserve your sparkling clean setup for instant restoration down the road. Instead of dropping cash on Norton Ghost or Acronis True Image, burn yourself a free, bootable Linux-based System Rescue CD. The System Rescue CD includes open source tools GParted

http://lifehacker.com/software/geek-...-cd-292972.php

Sidney · 25th August 2007, 17:16

It is not the lack of tools, free or otherwise, people just don't image a good running and freshly installed OS until the moment they need it.

OS even encourages users to store image and data to OS partition so that everything could disappear together.

jmke · 25th August 2007, 17:24

OS is not responsible for how you setup your data & backup

it can only do so much

Sidney · 25th August 2007, 18:10

Not difficult neither. Setup can always prompt to partition creation; Document, Photos folders can always be asked and recommended to store to outside OS parition. After all, this is what smart software and computing is all about.

jmke · 25th August 2007, 19:19

yes and no, not all people work the same way, OS should give you choices ( you can easily move "my documents" in 2000/xp/Vista) and let you make one

25th August 2007, 16:53	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	Partition and Image Your Hard Drive with the System Rescue CD You've reinstalled Windows from scratch again but this time you want to preserve your sparkling clean setup for instant restoration down the road. Instead of dropping cash on Norton Ghost or Acronis True Image, burn yourself a free, bootable Linux-based System Rescue CD. The System Rescue CD includes open source tools GParted http://lifehacker.com/software/geek-...-cd-292972.php __________________

25th August 2007, 17:16	#2
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	It is not the lack of tools, free or otherwise, people just don't image a good running and freshly installed OS until the moment they need it. OS even encourages users to store image and data to OS partition so that everything could disappear together. __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

25th August 2007, 17:24	#3
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	OS is not responsible for how you setup your data & backup it can only do so much __________________

25th August 2007, 18:10	#4
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	Not difficult neither. Setup can always prompt to partition creation; Document, Photos folders can always be asked and recommended to store to outside OS parition. After all, this is what smart software and computing is all about. __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

25th August 2007, 19:19	#5
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	yes and no, not all people work the same way, OS should give you choices ( you can easily move "my documents" in 2000/xp/Vista) and let you make one __________________

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