Hi Jun,

Power Quest Drive Image will do this for you.  You just need to run a SID
changer utility after the copy process if you have plan on having the new
machine added to the same domain as the machine the original image came
from.

Kyle Elmblade
Distinct Computer Solutions
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From: "Ultra" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 4:12 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] best HDD copy solution


> Could someone tell me the best/safest HDD copy solution which is suitable
> for normal home user?
>
> I'm asking because I have a long unsolved problem. Whenever I need to
> complete copy from one HDD to another, I usually use Ghost, which is good
> for any win9x machine, however, when copy win2k/NT machine with large NTFS
> partition and/or extra security setting, Ghost usually failed to make a
> workable copy. The only "solution" was to try again and again, until got a
> copy that works, but as you can see, this makes Ghost a "bad" solution for
> such task.
>
> The basic problem with Ghost are: 1) it doesn't like large NTFS partition,
> as a result, the copy HDD won't boot; 2) Ghost may not be able to bring
over
> the security setting, sounds strange.
>
> I really need to know how to make safe transfer from one HDD to another
with
> NTFS and win2k/NT.
>
> The basic requirement would be:
> 1) the solution must be able to make the copied HDD bootable with large
NTFS
> boot partition (eg C: drive larger than 8G)
> 2) all security settings much be carried over as what they were
> 3) all software reference must be kept as same as before
> 4) I'm not talking about MS backup to tape drive, then restore from tape,
as
> normal PC won't have a tape drive.
> 5) preferred some software like Ghost
>
> TIA
>
> Jun Qian

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