Run XP in VirtualBox on Linux. On 11 Oct 2012 01:27, "Derek Trotter" <expat.arizo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'll look into clonezilla and partimage later today. Yesterday I was > using the kde partition manager to resize the ntfs partition my xp install > lived on. Just my luck my linux install crashed. It's kubuntu 12.04.1 for > amd64. Naturally when I got the system restarted, the ntfs partition was > gone. Thankfully testdisk did recover it, but it still won't boot. Right > now I'm moving everything I want to keep off that ntfs partition. > > After that's finished I'll nuke that partition, the only one on that hard > drive. In the next day or two when I get round to it I'll reinstall xp on > a smaller partition that will be just for xp and any programs I run on > it. A second partition on that drive will be for anything I want programs > running on xp to have access to. > > Now I have to decide whether to make that other partition ntfs or ext4 and > install a driver on xp that will allow it to see the ext4 partition. Which > would be the better option? > > thanks > > On 10/10/2012 03:14 PM, Stephen wrote: > > Partimage will do this for you. you can also look up clonezilla as it > is a bootable iso built around this process and some nice scripts to > make it easy to do. > > On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Derek Trotter <expat.arizo...@gmail.com> > <expat.arizo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm looking for something on linux that would allow me to create image files > to back up partitions. I guess something along the lines of Norton Ghost. > I'm looking for something that's easy to use. Does anyone have any ideas? > > Thanks > Derek > > -- > "One mistake up here and it’s half a day out with the undertaker!" > - Fred Dibnah > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail > settings:http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >
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