Re: Creating a PC and a laptop image out to a external drive

Hi Peter,

Define: "external harddrive" !!!

But here is my internal LAN with an "external harddrive" which in this
case is a NAS (Network Attached Storage).

1) Two PC's with Win2K (Win5250 and TP770Z)
2) One PC with Win7 (TPZ61M)
3) A NAS (QNAP 209 Pro) box with two 1TB disks (mirrored - Raid1).

To create images from different machines/partitions at #1) #2) I use
Norton Ghost v. 10.0 for #1) and Norton Ghost v. 15.0 for #2)

On the QNAP I have created 3 different folders for #1 (Win5250 and
TP770Z), and for #2 (TPZ61M).

Haven't had any problems using Ghost both ways, as Ghost delivers
the CD as bootable (for recovery). Not that I'm a fan of Symantec, but
in this case they seem to deliver what I need in my scenario. Though
the support from Symantec - if in troubles.... lacks the difinition of the
word "support" ;-)

HTH
Leif

----- Original Message -----
From: <Peter_Vidal@xxxxxxxx>
To: <pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 8:48 PM
Subject: [PCTECH] Creating a PC and a laptop image out to a external drive

Hi list!

I want to do an exact image of my PC and also my laptop, out to an
external harddrive. The PC is Windows XP and the laptop is Windows 7. Can
I have both images on the same external drive? I would think is dangerous
in case the external drive crashes, but I want to make the question
anyway. Second, which software alternative you recommend?

Thank you,


PETER VIDAL