Re: NT Workstation disk image

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From: Anthony W. Youngman
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 00:00

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In article <35A38F1B.238F6831@mcmail.vanderbilt.edu>, Mike Kloss
<mike.kloss@mcmail.vanderbilt.edu> writes
>Christopher Shaw wrote:
>
>> Is it possible to make an image file (ghost, etc..) of an NT 4.0
>> workstation.  We currently do this for win95 computers as a quick fix in
>> the event that the hard drive crashes.  However I have not been able to
>> successfully use "ghost" on NT 4.0 workstation to make an image file of the
>> hard drive.  Any ideas?   Once again the purpose is to have an image to
>> restore from in the event of a HD crash.
>>
>> cshaw1@san.rr.com
>
>go to http://www.ghostsoft.com and check out ghost - I just installed 10 nt
>machines using this program, no problems whatsoever - then you have to go
>around again and use their ghostwalker program to take care of the sid issue,
>but i'd rather spend 10 minutes per machine than 3 hours....
>
Does the SID stay with the machine for ever, or is it allocated when the
machine joins the domain? If the latter, surely you can boot the
machine, change domain, delete and re-add the machine using Domain
Server Manager, and then rejoin the domain. Bit of hassle but it's just
two reboots.
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From: "Anthony W. Youngman" <thewolery@nospam.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: NT Workstation disk image
Date: 1998/07/11
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