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      VoIP_n00b
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      We have a Windows computer that we need to take an image of. Normally I would do it using dd or clonezilla but unfortunately this has to be done by the end user who is remote. Anyone know of a Linux Live CD that has a easy to use imaging program?

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        notverypunny @VoIP_n00b
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        @voip_n00b Is it absolutely necessary to take the image from outside of the installed environment? Veeam's free windows agent / application runs within the installed OS so all you really need is remote access to the machine with admin rights and you're good to go. To answer your initial question, if they can't boot and follow clonezilla, I doubt that anything else is going to work out.

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          VoIP_n00b @notverypunny
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          @notverypunny Thank you for your reply. I forgot to mention this is in a manufacturing environment and is running Windows 2000 (not connected to the network thankfully). So Veeam is a great solution but will not work here. We just want to grab a image of the drive incase of drive failure in the future.

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            gjacobse @VoIP_n00b
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            @voip_n00b said in Best Linux Live CD for Imaging Windows Drive:

            We have a Windows computer that we need to take an image of. Normally I would do it using dd or clonezilla but unfortunately this has to be done by the end user who is remote. Anyone know of a Linux Live CD that has a easy to use imaging program?

            Does it have to be Linux based?

            You might look at Marcium Reflect.

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              VoIP_n00b @gjacobse
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              @gjacobse said in Best Linux Live CD for Imaging Windows Drive:

              You might look at Marcium Reflect.

              I thought about that. Sadly the hardward is as old as the OS - so I'm thinking I'll be missing drivers, etc.

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                gjacobse @VoIP_n00b
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                @voip_n00b said in Best Linux Live CD for Imaging Windows Drive:

                @gjacobse said in Best Linux Live CD for Imaging Windows Drive:

                You might look at Marcium Reflect.

                I thought about that. Sadly the hardward is as old as the OS - so I'm thinking I'll be missing drivers, etc.

                Uh - Okay. Likely possible.
                Can you use a old version of Ghost? Which is a shame since I just destroyed my Ghost Boot Floppy.

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                • DashrenderD
                  Dashrender @gjacobse
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                  @gjacobse said in Best Linux Live CD for Imaging Windows Drive:

                  @voip_n00b said in Best Linux Live CD for Imaging Windows Drive:

                  @gjacobse said in Best Linux Live CD for Imaging Windows Drive:

                  You might look at Marcium Reflect.

                  I thought about that. Sadly the hardward is as old as the OS - so I'm thinking I'll be missing drivers, etc.

                  Uh - Okay. Likely possible.
                  Can you use a old version of Ghost? Which is a shame since I just destroyed my Ghost Boot Floppy.

                  You could make a custom bootable USB stick with Clonezilla - you'd need to find out all of the device names beforehand so you could make the custom startup script that would do all the work.

                  In the end, the user

                  1. shutdown down the PC
                  2. plugs in a USB drive
                  3. plugs in the external storage drive for the image
                  4. boots the PC
                  5. stand back while the system does it's job.
                  6. when PC shuts back off - user disconnects all the two previously attached drives
                  7. ships to headquarters.
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                    gjacobse @Dashrender
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                    @dashrender said in Best Linux Live CD for Imaging Windows Drive:

                    @gjacobse said in Best Linux Live CD for Imaging Windows Drive:

                    @voip_n00b said in Best Linux Live CD for Imaging Windows Drive:

                    @gjacobse said in Best Linux Live CD for Imaging Windows Drive:

                    You might look at Marcium Reflect.

                    I thought about that. Sadly the hardward is as old as the OS - so I'm thinking I'll be missing drivers, etc.

                    Uh - Okay. Likely possible.
                    Can you use a old version of Ghost? Which is a shame since I just destroyed my Ghost Boot Floppy.

                    You could make a custom bootable USB stick with Clonezilla - you'd need to find out all of the device names beforehand so you could make the custom startup script that would do all the work.

                    In the end, the user

                    1. shutdown down the PC
                    2. plugs in a USB drive
                    3. plugs in the external storage drive for the image
                    4. boots the PC
                    5. stand back while the system does it's job.
                    6. when PC shuts back off - user disconnects all the two previously attached drives
                    7. ships to headquarters.

                    I know you can script CZ - so this would be a good option.

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                    • JaredBuschJ
                      JaredBusch
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                      Seriously, just use Veeam Agent to a local USB.

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                        VoIP_n00b @JaredBusch
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                        @jaredbusch On Windows 2000?

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                        • JaredBuschJ
                          JaredBusch @VoIP_n00b
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                          @voip_n00b said in Best Linux Live CD for Imaging Windows Drive:

                          @jaredbusch On Windows 2000?

                          I would seriously try it it did work on XP

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                          • JaredBuschJ
                            JaredBusch
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                            If it does not work then yes just deal with clonezilla. It is not too hard to make ELI5 instructions.

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