[Tfug] OT: easily reloaded windows machine

[Bexley Hall]

Hi Eric,

> > That would be a more elegant solution.  I'm looking for
> > something "easier to understand".  I.e., "When your
> > machine starts acting funny, insert this CD and reboot."
> > which is the equivalent of MS's universal solution:
> > "reinstall windows" except *quicker* (since it can simply
> > *copy* an image onto the disk instead of god-knows-what
> > MS's installer does for an hour) and that it would also
> > allow the "installed apps" to be reinstalled "as is".
> >
> > As I said, its hard to believe someone hasn't come up with a
> > canned solution to do this already...  :<
> 
> Someone's come up with a canned solution to do this :) I've
> used CloneZilla before, and it seems to work pretty well.
> Someone's made a LiveCD that does exactly what you want:
> 
> "A backup/restore system
> I have chosen Clonezilla Live for this, as it is flexible
> enough to
> fulfill my needs. Furthermore, it makes it possible to
> create
> automated restore CDs/DVDs. This way, restoring a system
> will be fast
> and easy enough for anyone to perform (even people with
> minimum technical knowledge)."
> 
> http://clonezilla-sysresccd.hellug.gr/intro.html

Excellent!  I'll take a peek at it and play with a scrap
machine here (so I can document *exactly* what needs to
be done -- my sister isn't "technical minded").

Thanks!  I'll post my progress...