It’s still Symantec Ghost for me, but the next time around I’ll try free again.

Recently had to build a Linux system out of a Asus EEE Box PC.  The first step was to clone the hard disk.

There must be an open source utility I can use!
I thought …

So I tried G4L, and it was horrible.  It’s horrible because the user interface is difficult to use.

I wasted 1/2 hour on it.  And then tossed the G4L bootable CD hit the shredder.  It was so bad that I didn’t want anyone else to grab it off me.

Broke out a WinPE-based Ghost 8.2 disk utility.  It just worked, and that also reminds me that I need to create my own WinPE build (I’ll blog about it soon).

Since I was able to copy my Asus EEE BOX PC hard disk, I was able to build Linux on it.

And have a bit of relaxation time, to look around to see what other free hard disk copy utilities there are.

Here’s 8:

XXClone

• Windows based.
• Free version only does FULL backups

PING (Partimage Is Not Ghost)

• Linux based boot disk
• Looks very impressive

EASEUS Disk Copy

• Supports IDE, SATAI, SATAII, SCSI, Firewire(IEEE1394) and USB drives
     (Some products don’t support SATA …)
• EaseUS also have a freeware partition manager

DriveImageXML Private Edition

• Runs under Windows, and uses the Volume Shadow Services service.

CloneZilla

• supports multi-casting.

Macrium Reflect – Free Edition

• Runs under Windows
• Supports CD/DVD burning.

HD Clone – Free Edition

• available under Windows and as a standalone boot.

G4L

• Linux based
• Awful user interface.

Version two lists out all the other utilities I’ve heard of.

When I heard this announcement, I thought to myself, “Must get around to visiting General Motors Railway Station”.  Time elapsed, and I moved interstate for a while.

And General Motors closed.

General Motors Railway Station was used by shift workers at the General Motors Holden Plant.  The car plant closed in 1991, and the last train stopped there on the 26 July, 2002.  The station was closed, and with it, my chance to catch a train there.

Fast forward to now.

The station, as you can see, is a bit run down.  Vandals, taking their small-minded pleasure, are slowly destroying the old safe-working/ticket box.

Nature is also doing her part in trying to reclaim the space. 

You can find more photos of General Motors Railway Station at these places:

Victorian Railway Stations
Station pics by Somebody
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