windows NT 4 image using acroins

nuflia

i am just wondering if anyone has ever worked on windows nt 4 image using acroins
what i am trying to do is to take an image form working windows NT pc that has an old software that i want to back-up
the problem there is usb in the pc so i can not take the image using acroins
i am thinking of putting another hd on the pc to store the image
any help is appreciated

TCPMeta

I never played with acroins. Just used simple Open Source software for backing up.

If it has USB then just create a bootable jump drive with Gparted and run disk dump onto another hard drive. Would work also as a bootable CD. This way you don't have to play with any software to restore it. Just pop in the backup hard drive.

nuflia

many thanks for the reply, the problem is that there is no USB in the pc, i am not sure if i can put another harddisk as slave ..
what is the software you used , you mentioned Open Source Software .. what is the name of the software..
the pc has cd room but No USB

calvinb

Take out the disk, attach it externally on another machine and copy it to an image with dd. Something like:

dd if=/dev/sdc of=/home/user/image

Parameters will vary on system.

nuflia

when you say take the HD and attach it externally to another machine , what kind of software i should use to take the disk image
what i really need is to take an image from the whole pc with the application program..
do you think attaching the HD to another pc will allow me to take the image

wingzeroismine

Acronis and Ghost can both create bootable media, you can add network drivers and store the image on a network share.

But like they said, if you can attach the hard drive to another computer you'll be able to run the program from that machine's OS or bootable media and save the image file you want to the second drive.

nuflia

Many thanks guys for the reply, i will attach the HD to another PC and make an image using acroins and let you know
many thanks for the help and reply