RE: [OT] Can i copy a Laptop hardrive over network ?

["Dean Barrett" <dean@xxxxxxx>]

Thanks Matthew et al, for the info.

I've just checked Norton Ghost on Amazon and it seems to get some stinking
reviews ? - is everyone using 2003 version or earlier ?

I had forgotten about the -no network- connection with a new harddrive :)

Network card is a PCMCIA thingy - so hopefully might be able to get it
going - will be coming back for somemore advice when i've got a nice image
on a network PC...

The Acronis software recomended by Pete also looks good.



Dean.






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-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Norman [mailto:mafiu@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 07 February 2004 17:07
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] Can i copy a Laptop hardrive over network ?


Ps,

And if the image will fit on a dvd or a cdrom, and the laptops got one as
well, then you dont have to fiddle with the network settings for getting
the
image on the new drive, just boot to a floppy with cd /dvd drivers, pop
the
image on a cdr or dvd r and ghost the machine from the drive.  Upshot of
that is that you also get a working backup of the state of your laptop as
well.

Matthew

----- Original Message -----
From: "Matthew Norman" <mafiu@xxxxxxx;
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx;
Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 5:02 PM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] Can i copy a Laptop hardrive over network ?


> I've done that Dean, using ghost in a dos box, you can ghost to an
image
on
> a mapped drive,- but worked for me.
>
> Getting the image back onto the laptop is a bit trickier, mostly in
the
> creation of a dos boot disk that activates the network card in the
laptop.
> If its a pcmcia card its a fiddle, but definately possible.
>
> Matthew
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dean Barrett" <dean@xxxxxxx;
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx;
> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 4:48 PM
> Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] Can i copy a Laptop hardrive over network ?
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> > Hi All
> >
> > Can I use something like Norton Ghost or similar to copy a laptop
hardrive
> > to a desktop PC so i can replace the Laptops drive and then copy
back
a
> > fully working OS and user files etc ?
> >
> > Possible ? or am i talking rubbish :)
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