Free and reliable ghosting software?

[tnf]

Know of any? I want something that you can make a bootable image (ideally a bootable DVD) of your drive with once you have everything config'd the way you want it. Something similar to those system restore CDs that come with gateways, dells, etc.

If you have any recommendations for free/trial versions of software like this (I used Norton Ghost a long, long, long time ago) let me know.

[YourGrandpa]

The internet is a very powerful tool.

[tnf]

I was asking for personal recommendations from people here based on what they've used and what they like/dislike.

[Foo]

I've scoped this out a few times and found nothing decent in the 'free' field.

One of the few important software areas I can't find a £0 decent substitute for...

[obsidian]

Haven't used these, but I guess you can give them a try:

http://lifehacker.com/software/feature/ ... 326086.php

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Bac ... erXP.shtml

[Therac-25]

What's the use-case here? Are you looking for a regular backup plan, or is this a one-time thing?

I know the network engineer guy here swears by rsync under cygwin for doing backups in Windows, but that's not something I've ever even tried before, so don't take it as a recommendation.

[obsidian]

For data backups I've been using Restore Backup, but it only runs off a Linux box (running as a server of sorts) and copies files from multiple computers (Windows/Linux/Mac) over the network onto the Linux host.

[+JuggerNaut+]

What's the use-case here? Are you looking for a regular backup plan, or is this a one-time thing?

I know the network engineer guy here swears by rsync under cygwin for doing backups in Windows, but that's not something I've ever even tried before, so don't take it as a recommendation.

Put one of these drives in its enclosure on your desk. Name it something clever like "Backup". If you are using a Mac, the command you use to back up is this:

sudo rsync -vaxE --delete --ignore-errors / /Volumes/Backup/

If you're using Linux, it's something a lot like that. If you're using Windows, go fuck yourself.