Re: [BackupPC-users] backing up entire winxp disk with backuppc

HI,

> i just have a requirement where i need to backup entire C drive of a
> windows machine . ( like making a clone disk of c drive except the page
> file)

to clone the disk you can use northon gost (even if i don't like closed source sw :-D) or clonezilla
http://clonezilla.org/
or mondorescue
http://www.mondorescue.org/

But all these solutions require that you power off your win pc/server, and boot via cdrom/usbkey/lan a specific live distro to do the job.
Once the hd is cloned, you can reboot the win os.
Then you can backup the image so created with BackupPC (or anything else).

Of course, you could try to write a shell script that automates all the steps above, but i think it's not the better way.

A good solution could be this:
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/backuppc/index.php?title=User_Scripts_-_Client_-_Windows_VSS
that use shadow copy win utility to access to all win files (and registry).

Hope this helps you
regards
M

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