Re: [PcTech] backing up Thinkpad to 2nd HHD in Ultrabay in XP

[Rob Dixon <rob.dixon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jeff

Jeff Crosby wrote:

> I have used Norton Ghost (part of Norton Systemworks) for this sort of 
> thing.  With Ghost you make a bootable diskette 

Thanks for your help.  Does this mean that I have to carry my diskette 
drive with me when I am away from the office?  I was hoping to avoid that.

> and can then copy HD --> HD or HD --> CD or CD --> HD, etc.  We bought 
> 6 identical laptops at one time.  I set one of them up with everything 
> (XP, Office, Client Access, Netscape, network settings, custom 
> software, Norton, email, Adobe, on and on and on) and then Ghosted the 
> other 5.  The first laptop took me all day.  The other 5 took 30-40 
> minutes apiece.  Quite a time saver. 

That soiunds good.  How did you get everything from one laptop to the 
other ? 

> There are other solutions beside Ghost as well.

Thanls

Rob