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Imaging Windows NT 4.0 Server?

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by shanghai sam

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I am working with a Windows NT Server and was wondering if it is possible to create an image of this server and put that image onto another machine? If so what software was used?
I tried using Norton Ghost and it copies most of the files. Now, it boots half way and then blue screens at the loader screen.
Is there any way that we can change the boot.ini or other file that will allow us to use this?

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by ins413

We use a product called ImageCast by StorageSoft which seems to have a little more functionality an ease of use than ghost does. One thing that is constant with our servers is that the hardware is identical. It sounds as if the machine you are trying to image has different hardware than the source machine does. Give imagecast a try, it's a free eval download, so there is nothing to lose. We did and we were impressed enough to buy a licensed copy.

by joseph moore

Ghost does work for cloning NT boxes. The best way is to boot up to Ghost using a Ghost DOS boot floppy with networking support. That way, you can boot to the floppy, do a complete Ghost image, and save it to a network share.
Then boot to the second machine, retrieve the Ghost image from the network share, and reboot the 2nd machine. It should then be the same as the 1st Ghosted machine.
Keep in mind that you will then get IP and NetBIOS name conflicts on your network unless the 2nd machine cannot talk to your domain.

by yteebison

I use a program called Altiris.
You can get it from http://www.Altiris.com
It will clone the server perfectly and you do not need to have the same hardware across the board. The only thing that needs to be the same on each PC/server/laptop etc. are the make of network cards.
I use 3com. This program will also update the SID and ervything else its a really great piece of software. I downloaded my copy of this software from a company named codework again www.codework.com their support is absoultely exceptional.

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