I use the old "hidden" partition trick. Create a third partition at the end of the drive and simply copy the primary partition into it.
Assumptions: - First partition is a reasonably sized ~2Gb and contains the system plus applications that are installed - Second partition is the large one that contains all the user data. It's pretty much blank when you start out. - Third partition is used just for copying original state. I generally don't mount it. I do this on my linux systems as well. It's a nice resource to have when you are fighting a root-kit or some upgrade nightmare that has hosed your system. Jon On Thu, 2005-12-08 at 10:45, Brian Henning wrote: > Hi Guys, > I've hit upon an idea that I'm sure is probably popular and I'd just > never thought of it.. but now that I'm having to rebuild a badly > spyware-infected machine, I've realized it'd be awesome if I had a ghost > image of each machine in pristine state, so when something like this > happens again (invariable with these users...), I can simply back up > their data and restore the image instead of going through the day-long > task of a clean install.. > > So here's what I'm looking for: I'd like suggestions on an inexpensive > medium for storing each image, which will likely average between 5 and > 10 GB. I'm thinking maybe one of the recordable DVD formats. > > Other suggestions? > > Thanks! > > See y'all tonight. > > ~B > > -- > ---------------- > Brian A. Henning > strutmasters.com > 336.597.2397x238 > ---------------- -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
