Custom Restore Partition?

[mag187]

I need to build a few machines for a local business and was wondering if anyone here knows of a way to create a partition and save an image of the hdd after I'm done installing all the stuff I want. Much like OEM machines such as HP and such. I want to be able to hit a button at startup, or even launch an app from within windows and have the machine restore the primary partition with the image saved on the restore partition. I know someone has to know how...

Thanks guys!

 

[Bluefront]

Drive Image 7.0 will do that easily. For a complete restore you boot off the Drive Image cd, and can restore any partition from images stored on other partitions or external drives or even over a LAN. Works perfectly...

 

[farmercal]

We do that at work using Ghost.

 

[mag187]

Originally posted by: Bluefront
Drive Image 7.0 will do that easily. For a complete restore you boot off the Drive Image cd, and can restore any partition from images stored on other partitions or external drives or even over a LAN. Works perfectly...

See, but with DI7, you would still need a CD to initiate the restore. I want to be completely disc-less.

Originally posted by: farmercal
We do that at work using Ghost.

Will Ghost allow me to deploy the restore without the need of a bootdisc?


Thanks guys.

 

[afab]

Check out Acronis True Image 8.0. You can create a Secure Zone -- a hidden partition where you can keep an image of the disk. Got Editors' Choice in PC Mag -- earlier versions of the software got editors choice in CNET and Maximum PC. If your system suffers a logical failure (not a crashed head), you can reach the Secure Zone by hitting F11 during boot. You don't need a boot disk! Then just restore the saved image.