Uriel Avalos wrote:
> Thanks for the suggestion. Yes, I had considered that but it does not seem to 
> be practical in my case. I'll probably be backing up a clean Win XP install 
> (with programs), so I'll need what ...6GBs? A 6GB USB drive runs at $20 + 
> shipping. $20+ vs 2 or 3 blank DVDs ... the blank DVDs win :-)

But a USB drive is reusable and a handy thing to keep around.  Used 
DVD's, not so much.

> So back to my original questions... See below...
> 
> Another alternative is to use networking --- copy the image to my netbook. 
> That's possible right? The only catch is that it uses NTFS partitions *and* I 
> encrypted the drive... still possible?

Yes, just share a directory where you can store images.  The livecd boot 
will give you a chance to connect to remote storage via nfs, ssh, or 
windows file sharing.  You may have to hand configure IP addresses if 
you can't plug the systems into a DHCP-managed network, though.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    [email protected]


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