Hi again,

I used boot cd for updcast.

Yes, the new hdd in exactly the same size and have the same layout becouse i used dd to get the same partition tables, and after that formated them.

But for now i only want to backup the boot partition, not the entirely hdd. And i know the problem is on the backup method or file, becouse i have a ghost image from the partiton and restored it without any problem, and everything is fine.

If use the file make with udpcast, i get error checking filesystem ( chkdsk ). I'm don't blaming udpcast, becouse i know it's me the one don't know how to do it.

Maybe the correct question is: is it possible to backup a partition, using updcast, through a network and strore it on a file server? For your answears i supose it is posible, wich steps you followed? or which option you use to backup to a file and restore from a file?


Thanks!!





On 2/15/07, Michael D. Setzer II <mikes@kuentos.guam.net> wrote:
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What exactly did you use to create the image file?
Does the new hard drive have the same physical layout as the original drive
in the way of heads and number of sectors per track?
Did you do a partition image, or a disk image.

You might want to look at g4l or g4u for imaging.

G4L includes ntfsclone coption, which only copies the used data, but it would
require the NTFS partition to already exists.

It is probable something missing from the MBR record.

I use the g4l and make disk images of systems with 98, XP, and Linux on
the 80GB drive, and it restores the images with no problems. NT and XP
seem to be very picky on the disk layout.


On 15 Feb 2007 at 17:50, Diego . wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to make some kind of imageserver. I backed up my windows 2000 boot partition to an
> image file on the server. I restore it, without problems..everything is ok. But if i change hdd, o if
> destroy partition and create a new one ( same size, same place ), i can restore the image but
> windows won't boot. when i check filesystem y get some errors ( of course they weren't when i
> backup the partition ). I even fixboot and mbr with the same result.
>
> Anyone can helpme with some tip?
>
> Thanks!!
>


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