That's where the partition clone comes in, I think. I'm not real sure.... I think that if you clone a *smaller* drive to a *larger* drive, it'll use what it needs to for the image, and leave the rest untouched. Then you can go in with some sort of partition management tool and expand the partition. :-) There's a nifty freeware tool for that too.... The one I've used is the GParted LiveCD. It's a linux CD that will allow you to resize partitions.
-----Original Message----- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 11:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Machine cloning app I haven't tried G4L, does it support different size target drives? (Aka, Pulled a 10GB image from a 40GB harddrive, can I image it onto a 20GB HD or even a 80GB HD?) --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 07:02:15 -0700 Subject: Machine cloning app > I just thought with the discussion the past few days of Sysprep before or > after cloning, that I'd take a moment to jot down my favorite cloning app, > and it's completely free: G4L, AKA Ghost 4 Linux. It's an ISO that you > download, burn to a blank CD and then pop into a machine to use to create an > image on a server (via FTP, by the way - no proprietary transport, but no > multicast, either) or copy disk-to-disk. > > It may not work as well as the paid-for product when you're trying to create > a whole office of cloned machines, but if you need to image up a new machine > quickly, this is a darn nice tool. It'll clone virtually any O/S or file > system, as it does a bit-for-bit copy of the data. It can also image up just > a partition. The ISOs can always be found on SourceForge, but here's a link > to the project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l > > > > > > John-AldrichTile-Tools > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.13/1999 - Release Date: 03/13/09 05:59:00 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
