Basically I got an XP home machine that is fairly crippled and would require several hours of fixing. However that is cheaper than the 100 bucks computer shop wants to reinstall OS (They refuse to give me the disc, even though I have the key).
So I want to go Nix on it, preferably Mandriva or Ubuntu, I’ll try both. However, if neither work, I need a backup plan to get the system back up. I still want to do this as cheap as free :).
I figured the best way to do this is to make a ghost image of the drive. And store the ghost on another computer or on a CD for a later restore if needed.
How can I do this?
The system in question DOES NOT have a CD burner, only a standard CD drive, a single HDD (40gb). It is network capable. The NIC is onboard.
It has USB drives and I have a USB HDD that could hold the ghost image.
So what can I do to ghost it and save it somewhere else so I can rebuild it later if neither Nix distro works?
