Disk image...

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Hi,

After setting up my machines, i would like to make a bootable DVD image of
pc disk, but i would like too my DVD doesn't require a software for
restoration.

Does a solution exist ?

thank's & sorry for my poor english

 

[Timothy Daniels]

Hi,

After setting up my machines, i would like to make a bootable DVD image of
pc disk, but i would like too my DVD doesn't require a software for
restoration.

Does a solution exist ?

Let's see.... you want the BIOS to be able to read a DVD version
of a Master Boot Record, and that MBR be able to read a DVD
version of a boot sector that passes control to a DVD version of
ntldr which reads a DVD version of boot.ini and ntdetect.com and
which then goes to a DVD version of a hard drive partition and
load the OS stored there into memory, which then starts up and
runs without benefit of a hard drive. Good luck.

If you want the storage medium to be itself bootable, why not just
make a clone of the OS partition onto a partition on another hard
drive? Then recovery would involve physically (or electrically) just
swapping in the hard drive containing the clone.

Otherwise, you'll just have to use a 3rd party utility, such as Ghost
or True Image, to restore the image saved on a DVD to a hard
drive.

*TimDaniels*

 

[Guest]

;-)

Let's see.... you want the BIOS to be able to read a DVD version
of a Master Boot Record, and that MBR be able to read a DVD
version of a boot sector that passes control to a DVD version of
ntldr which reads a DVD version of boot.ini and ntdetect.com and
which then goes to a DVD version of a hard drive partition and
load the OS stored there into memory, which then starts up and
runs without benefit of a hard drive. Good luck.

If you want the storage medium to be itself bootable, why not just
make a clone of the OS partition onto a partition on another hard
drive? Then recovery would involve physically (or electrically) just
swapping in the hard drive containing the clone.

Otherwise, you'll just have to use a 3rd party utility, such as Ghost
or True Image, to restore the image saved on a DVD to a hard
drive.

*TimDaniels*

 

[Lilian]

Hello,

Firstly, thank you very much for your quick answer.

In fact, i'm a computer resealler. So, i would like to give to my customer,
an image of there hard disk drive on a bootable DVD, without extra cost (no
additionnal software) for them (then they are able to restore there machine
without me).

Is there exist a software can build an image on a DVD which can be restored
without it ?

Many thank's
Lilian