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Number   :  5223
Date     :  2003-08-07
Author   :  Garry Deane
Subject  :  Re: Using XXCOPY to clone a NT4 disk
Size(KB) :  1


--- In xxcopy@yahoogroups.com, "plaster_cracker"  
wrote:
> Newby here asking, has anyone used XXCOPY to clone a NT4 disk.
> I am going to upgrading from NT4 workstation to 2000Pro and
> wanted to make a backup of the current working disk. Will
> XXCOPY copy everything from the working disk so that if I
> have to revert because of problems, I will be able to use
> the clone copy to restore off of?

See http://groups.yahoo.com/group/xxcopy/message/5219
I haven't tried it myself but that procedure should work fine
on NT4 unless you are using NTFS. In that case, you'll need
a DOS NTFS driver (www.sysinternals.com). The freeware version
will only allow you to read an NTFS drive so the destination
will need to be FAT or a network drive. If it's not, you'll
need to buy the Pro version.

Another alternative is to use the freeware ERUNT from:
http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/erunt
This will allow you to save and restore the live registry files
from within NT. You'd use Xxcopy to backup everything except the
registry files and ERUNT for the registry save/restore.

If you are using NTFS, trying to restore the NT backup from
within W2k would be somewhat problematic. I think you'd need to
wipe the disk, re-install NT4 then restore the previous setup
from the backup.

Garry



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