(if can do it) is clonezilla. I usually had a dedicated PC in the lab with
something like a hard drive dock like this
http://usb.brando.com.hk/prod_detail.php?prod_id=00549
from Unitek (they have become much better nowadays)
Here is the clonezilla URL
Jonathan
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Jonathan Mergy (jmergy@lwhs.org)
Director Of Technology
Lick-Wilmerding High School
755 Ocean Ave, SF CA 94112
P:415.585.1725 x365
http://www.lwhs.org
> From: Ben Schworm <bschworm@berkshireschool.org>
> Reply-To: ISED-L <ISED-L@listserv.syr.edu>
> Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:02:12 -0400
> To: ISED-L <ISED-L@listserv.syr.edu>
> Subject: Re: imaging software
>
> I believe Ghost Solution Suite runs about $8 per PC these days and about
> $1.50 per PC per year for maintenance. We have been running it here for the
> last 8 years, so I'm only 100% sure on maintenance.
> ____________________________
> Ben Schworm
> Director of Information Technology
> Berkshire School
> 413-229-1270
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Bernadette Roche <
> Bernadette.Roche@oakhilldayschool.org> wrote:
>
>> I ran into the same problem with the SID and it was Greek to me as well.
>> After I imaged my machines, I ran this download
>> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897418.aspx which
>> assigned a new random SID to the imaged machine. Then I was good to go.
>>
>> On a related note, anyone know how much an enterprise version of ghost runs
>> costwise?
>>
>> Bernadette Roche'
>> Technology Coordinator
>> Oakhill Day School
>> bernadette.roche@oakhilldayschool.org
>> 816.436.6228
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: A forum for independent school educators [mailto:
>> ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Ben Schworm
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 7:34 AM
>> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>> Subject: Re: imaging software
>>
>> Maureen,
>>
>> If you will be imaging a relatively large number of PCs on a regular basis,
>> you'll want an enterprise imaging solution. I'm only familiar with ghost,
>> but the enterprise version handles SID changes (as well as removing/adding
>> systems from the domain) as part of the imaging process. If you don't have
>> an enterprise version, you can run sysprep on the PC you're taking the
>> image
>> from prior to taking it. After downloading the image to your other PCs,
>> Windows will run a mini-setup that will give you the opportunity to assign
>> the systems unique names and enter license keys, and it will generate a
>> unique SID.
>>
>>
>> Ben
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 5:06 PM, Maureen Tumenas
>> <maureentumenas@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> We currently do not have an IT dept and are making do with very limited
>>> support. We are rolling out some refurbished PCs and had trouble with
>>> imaging. I used ghost and although the image worked perfectly in my test,
>> I
>>> was told that there was something wrong with SID numbers... Greek to me.
>>>
>>> What software do you use for imaging? Is it necessary to use an
>>> "enterprise"
>>> version?
>>>
>>> TIA for your help
>>>
>>> Maureen Tumenas
>>>
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