Urgent: Copy hda to hdb with dd?

[Scott Henderson]

From: "Tom Achtenberg" <tom@christ4me.com>
It can be easily done using utilities like Norton's Ghost etc.  You cannot
just do a copy but need to use a utility like Ghost.

From: "der.hans" <PLUGd@lufthans.com>
> Situation: Four identical computers assembled from identical components.
> Goal: Install Windows 2000 with NTFS and all the same apps on all the
computers.
> Plan: Install everything on one computer then duplicate that drive to the
other three drives that way configuration and installation only has to
happen once.

Last I knew you couldn't just copy m$ boxen like this. They setup some
super-secret serial number and no one else is allowed to have the same one.
Ghost copies the drives, then changes the super-secret number thingy.

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M$ has a utility called "sysprep" that can be used to
set up an image, and allow it to be used on multiple
machines, avoiding the problems with computer SIDs,
etc.  I think it comes with the W2K resource kit, may
be available on their site also, as a standalone util.
............................Scott