Norton Ghost ???

[jay_1972]

Anyone out there ever ghosted an image bigger than 700 meg
What i mean is i want to make an image of a drive with 2.9 gig on it and was wondering if you can span the image over 4-5 cd's ???
T.I.A

 

[jim boy]

Although I've never done it, you can break up the image into chunks with a '-SPLIT=x' parameter where 'x' equals the size of the chunk in megabytes, so for example -SPLIT=600 would create 600 MB chunks which you could burn onto CD

 

[jay_1972]

Cool thanks i'll see if i can work that out

 

[roofus]

Originally posted by jay_1972
Anyone out there ever ghosted an image bigger than 700 meg
What i mean is i want to make an image of a drive with 2.9 gig on it and was wondering if you can span the image over 4-5 cd's ???
T.I.A

There is a very handy utility called Winsplit that is worthwhile getting. It's freeware afaik and enables you to do what you want.

 

[M29]

**** 2g. Why bother! I'd just reinstall.

 

[jay_1972]

Why not make a ghost image and then when i need to i can just ghost it rather then running around looking for 50 different cd's i can get out 4 cd's and do the whole lot?

 

[M29]

Originally posted by jay_1972
Why not make a ghost image and then when i need to i can just ghost it rather then running around looking for 50 different cd's i can get out 4 cd's and do the whole lot?

True. But as I'm fortunate enough to have 80 odd gig to play with, I copy all the cds onto the hd.

CD back ups are all pr0n.

Can't wait till I get a DVD burner. 9gb of stuff. Woo hoo!

 

[clucas91]

Originally posted by M29



Can't wait till I get a DVD burner. 9gb of stuff. Woo hoo!

Apparently, with new blue laser technology, you can now burn over 12-15 gig onto a DVD.

 

[M29]

Originally posted by clucas91


Apparently, with new blue laser technology, you can now burn over 12-15 gig onto a DVD.

Actually try 27gb.

50gb Dual Layer.

 

[clucas91]

Originally posted by M29


Actually try 27gb.

50gb Dual Layer.

Cool.

 

[jim boy]

Originally posted by M29


Actually try 27gb.

50gb Dual Layer.

Boring

The latest japanese technology can fit a terabyte onto a CD, mind you don't expect to see it in the shops for a couple of years yet.

 

[M29]

Originally posted by Jim Boy

Boring

The latest japanese technology can fit a terabyte onto a CD, mind you don't expect to see it in the shops for a couple of years yet.

Is that a sarcastic 'boring' call?
The technology I was speaking of will be round in a year or so. Where as I can't see that generation your speaking of being released anytime soon.

 

[jay_1972]

M29 I've got over 200 gig of hdd space aswell but because of the places i go and things i do Virus's occur
Rather than having to do a fresh install of drivers and stuff i'd prefer to have a ghosted image of my standard setup

You probably come across a few virus's searching for pr0n too?

 

[clucas91]

Well I will just have to grab some when I go to Japan in December.

 

[M29]

Originally posted by jay_1972
M29 I've got over 200 gig of hdd space aswell but because of the places i go and things i do Virus's occur
Rather than having to do a fresh install of drivers and stuff i'd prefer to have a ghosted image of my standard setup

You probably come across a few virus's searching for pr0n too?

Yeah every now and then.