is this possible?

[patrichek]

I'd like to ghost erverything on one of my servers and recover the data and programs on a new server without reinstalling any programs. How powerful is norton ghost?
thanks

 

[edfair]

Powerful enough to do it. But why that way? Ghost it twice, on 2 drives. Or am I not reading correctly between the lines?

Ed Fair
Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.

 

[patrichek]

Hi Ed,
we have a very complex system setup and I'd hate to have to reinstall all our programs on a new box. so what i was asking is, can i ghost my old server and use the image to clone a new one without reinstalling anything?

 

[edfair]

Yes, but what I was asking was why go the extra step? You are wanting to do a clone twice. Do it from the same source each time. Unless the intermediate step was CD. That is the reference to reading between the lines.

Ed Fair
Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.

 

[patrichek]

oic what you mean. sorry,
I thought maybe I'd test the clone (on cd) on virtual pc before i load it.
So you say it is possible, right?

 

[edfair]

I can't speak for virutalpc. But I have used intermediate steps and as long as the two clone jobs both work OK you end up with a good drive at the end. I think the largest was 4 or 6gb and everything was FAT16 or 32 but no seared nightmares are bubbling to the top.

Ed Fair
Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.