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What about this http://www.winimage.com/winimage.htm ;)

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Try Norton Ghost 7 or 8, they were pre- the windows Interface and the Windows Application basically just wrote a boot disk. Also Google for Hiren's Boot CD 6 (may be a newer version now) - try Filemirrors.com as this includes Norton Ghost as well as many other useful diagnostical programs. It runs off a CD and boots into a kind of DOS mode so is independant of your Windows version and System Architecture

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So that'll be a torrent download then? :erm:

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One of our lecturers at work swears by http://www.drive-image.com/

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LoL no he's sitting there by the letter box like a dog waiting for it to pop through :erm: :)

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No comment. :p:

This newer version of norton ghost is no good. It'll only image the current system and HDs loaded into this old computer.. *deletes*

I'll have a look for Hiren's Boot CD. Sounds like just the ticket.

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yep that's the best version of ghost I've got. Got me out of a few sticky situations with some older systems

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Ghost does what do you think I use????

The 2003 version I use does a full back up of the whole disk/partition
I also have a Ghost dos boot cd I made ages ago thats just copied the disk and doesnt need to be run in windows anyway

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Bah, I missed out... what was the last line...? :confused:

Thank you!!!!!
 

Well, it looks like we're up and running again.

Norton Ghost v8 did the trick. Great piece of software it is too for imaging - one to keep for a rainy day I guess.

I'd also like to say a big thank you to all forum members who participated in the thread offering files and general help.

This might sound a bit schamaltzy, but it means a lot to me, since the data on this drive was important, and also I'm glad to be off this museum piece I've been using for the past 2 weeks. So please, have a drink on me. :tu: :)

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And as for what Russ said, I think I was a bit of a naughty boy. I'll leave it at that. :p

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you can download a livecd and copy it drive to drive, that works for me.

I also use Acronis True Image for windows.

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I used the free HDClone at http://www.miray.de/download/sat.hdclone.html last time I need to do that - its also part of the Ultimate Boot CD http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ - which is something I recommend everyone to get a copy of as a 'just in case' set of utilities.

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I tried HDClone, but the free version was extremely fussy, and refused to detect my sata disks in any shape or form. Plus, I had to google for the free English version because their website kept on giving me the German download, even though I was on the English version of the site. I wasn't impressed!

The last time I did German was about 5 years ago - there was no way I was going to spend hours rummaging around in a phrasebook/dictionary to use the software. :rofl:

I shall be kepping all my emergency boot cds/ghosting utils in a useful place for a rainy day.