SpendMo2SaveMo
07-31-2009, 08:37 PM
PING is a live Linux ISO, based on the excellent Linux From Scratch (LFS) documentation. It can be burnt on a CD and booted, or integrated into a PXE / RIS environment.
Several tools have been added and written, so to make this ISO the perfect choice to backup and restore whole partitions (including Windows NTFS/FAT32/FAT), an easy way. It sounds like Symantec Ghost(tm), but has even better features, and is totally free.
Features include:
* Probably the best available Linux toolbox for rescuing a system;
* Backup and Restore partitions or files locally or to the network (MS Network Shared directory, NFS, FTP or SSHFS);
* Backup and Restore the BIOS data as well;
* Either burn a bootable CD / DVD, either integrate within a PXE / RIS environment;
* Possibility to Blank local admin's password;
* Create your own restoration bootable DVD (see the Howto Documentation);
* Partition and Format a disk before installing Windows (so to make sure your unattended Windows installation will happen on the right partition);
* Specific advantages PING brings you over DOS and Ghost :
o Most network cards automatically recognized by the Kernel (unlike DOS);
o Most CD/DVD readers automatically recognized by the Kernel (unlike DOS);
o You don't have to run a Ghostcast server to receive images over the network;
o More supported filesystems;
o You can store an image on several CD/DVD (CD/DVD-spanning);
o You can backup and restore BIOS settings too;
o Much much smaller than WinPE / BartPE;
o etc.
http://ping.windowsdream.com/
Download PING w/o providing email address (http://ping.windowsdream.com/cgi-bin/download.pl?ID=0)
Several tools have been added and written, so to make this ISO the perfect choice to backup and restore whole partitions (including Windows NTFS/FAT32/FAT), an easy way. It sounds like Symantec Ghost(tm), but has even better features, and is totally free.
Features include:
* Probably the best available Linux toolbox for rescuing a system;
* Backup and Restore partitions or files locally or to the network (MS Network Shared directory, NFS, FTP or SSHFS);
* Backup and Restore the BIOS data as well;
* Either burn a bootable CD / DVD, either integrate within a PXE / RIS environment;
* Possibility to Blank local admin's password;
* Create your own restoration bootable DVD (see the Howto Documentation);
* Partition and Format a disk before installing Windows (so to make sure your unattended Windows installation will happen on the right partition);
* Specific advantages PING brings you over DOS and Ghost :
o Most network cards automatically recognized by the Kernel (unlike DOS);
o Most CD/DVD readers automatically recognized by the Kernel (unlike DOS);
o You don't have to run a Ghostcast server to receive images over the network;
o More supported filesystems;
o You can store an image on several CD/DVD (CD/DVD-spanning);
o You can backup and restore BIOS settings too;
o Much much smaller than WinPE / BartPE;
o etc.
http://ping.windowsdream.com/
Download PING w/o providing email address (http://ping.windowsdream.com/cgi-bin/download.pl?ID=0)