[Tfug] My experience "recovering" Windows compared to installing Debian

[Rich]

Glen, you've hit the nail on the head with MS apps. (I don't consider  
Windows an OS -- technically, it's a Web browser with application  
launching capabilities and some operating system-like features.)

You know what an MCSE gets employers? Aside from all the cruft  
surrounding how to administer a system with GUI tools (which should  
be easy once you know the concepts, right?), they get "streamlined"  
installations. (Google it.) With the original optical media, you can  
download all the patches (but there's no easy way, gotta do that  
manually) and patch the installation files.

(Sorry about the asides.)

A three figure IQ precludes the need for an MCSE...

Anyway:

On Jul 28, 2007, at 12:54 pm, Glen Pfeiffer wrote:

>> Leave a small partition on the drive, big enough to hold a
>> "ghost" image.
>>
> That's a pretty good idea. I had considered doing that in the
> past, but never got around to it. I suppose it is probably
> easiest to use *nix tools to make and write the image instead of
> finding free Win tools. Thanks for the idea.

Have you seen SystemImager or PartImage?

I like the System Rescue CD (http://sysresccd.org/)
Or dd?

R.