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by Eadres » Thu Sep 01, 2011 3:06 pm

Just buy them all macs and they can use time machine and fix their own acre ups. Jeez quit being a cheap skate and run down to the apple store!

by Atelo » Wed Aug 31, 2011 11:39 pm

Windows Backup will do that (not remotely) but you could use Clonezilla like Goodgnome said, and just use windows backup to schedule regular backups of their documents and stuff to another drive.

by Hypnos » Wed Aug 31, 2011 6:14 pm

I guess my main goal is to get these computers fully setup with fresh installs of everything, such as office, AV, school software, windows accounts and permissions and any updates. Then image them so when they inevitably mess them up I can restore to that image and not spend hours trying to fix them. Would be even better if I could do it remotely, but I doubt that is an option

by Atelo » Wed Aug 31, 2011 4:10 pm

Goodgnome wrote:Clonezilla is a nice package, too. Bootable CD, free software, menu-driven interface. I literally use this every day at work to reduce server setup times in my test environments.
Yeah, I use that one at work as well, although I figured Tord was looking for something unmanaged.

by shadowrage » Wed Aug 31, 2011 12:06 pm

I've been using paragon disk imaging. It does a bit for bit copy and another feature I like is it can prepare the os for new hardware so if the machine has slightly different hardware it will reinstall the drivers.

by pezcore » Wed Aug 31, 2011 8:30 am

Ghost is also another option no ? I like Acronis too, the free version was actually a full version as long as you had a Maxtor drive attached.

by Goodgnome » Wed Aug 31, 2011 7:15 am

Clonezilla is a nice package, too. Bootable CD, free software, menu-driven interface. I literally use this every day at work to reduce server setup times in my test environments.

by Atelo » Wed Aug 31, 2011 4:48 am

Tord wrote:Hmm never though of that, does it also backup everything? Such as installed updates and other software?
It will do documents and such, and a system image as often as you want it.

by Hypnos » Wed Aug 31, 2011 1:34 am

Hmm never though of that, does it also backup everything? Such as installed updates and other software?

by Atelo » Wed Aug 31, 2011 1:20 am

Windows Backup would be your cheapest route. It's pretty basic but if all you want is a disc image, it'll do that. You can schedule it to do backups regularly.

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