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a disk-image is an exact copy of a disk, partition or volume, or the process of making such a copy.

A disk-image is an exact copy of a disk, partition or volume, or the process of making such a copy.

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Powershell DISM New-Windows Image: Using a CompressionType gives an error

PS C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Hyper-V\BigHomie> New-WindowsImage -CapturePath K: -ImagePath C:\VHDImports\Win764.wim -name "BigHomies Personal Image" -Verify -CompressionType "Max" Throws the following error: New-WindowsImage : The given…
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Experiences with using `dd` to copy multi-partition, multi-FS device

I have a disc with several partitions on, each of which has a different kind of file system (ext3, ext4, and, let's say, NTFS). I want to know if I can copy the whole disc to a new one (which is of larger capacity) using dd, preferably in a single…
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How can I mount an ISO Image in Windows 7 WinPE?

I have a 16GB USB flash drive that I want to set up like this: It boots WinPE It has useful diagnostic and system maintenance tools There are several .ISO files of operating system install DVDs on the flash drive I can mount one of the .ISO files…
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Get exact size in bytes of a disk & partitions in windows

I'm using dd (under cygwin) to copy a shadow image of a disk in windows. Shadow copy will only give me a partion, so what I am doing is: 1) using dd to grab the disk header (32k on Win2003) 2) using dd to copy the shadow partition 3) using dd to…
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RAID 1, vs RAID 6 vs RAID 10. What is most secure and reliable for my needs?

Here is what I need to achieve. I have a work PC with 2xSSD one for O.S. and software, and the second smaller for storing data. Currently I backup my data on an external HDD and on the cloud, I also do O.S. image to recover the full system with…
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Advice on replicating Hyper-V server image

What would be some recommendations for replicating a Windows Server 2019 system image that also contains a couple of Hyper V VMs? I have several identical new Dell Edge servers to set up. Setup consists of configuring local users and group policies,…
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ZFS: very big files + compression + snapshots

I backup several virtual disks (total = around 4 Tb), with several weeks of retention time. I use 4 x 4 Tb disks in the computer dedicated to primary backup. The filesystem is ZFS RAIDZ2, so 8 Tb usable. A secondary backup of 4 x 2 Tb disks (4 Tb…
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Simple Workstation Imaging Solution?

I need a fairly cheap imaging solution for Windows XP corporate desktops. Ideally, I'd be able to set up a desktop exactly as we want it, create an image, deploy this image to a server, then boot a new desktop to a CD/USB Drive/Network and quickly…
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LVM snapshot of btrfs volume changes mounted device

I have a btrf volume on top of LVM. Now I want to do a snapshot on the lvm level (NOT on the btrfs level). But every time I create the LVM snapshot, btrfs changes the mounted block device to the snapshot like I was using some kind of --bind mount…
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Script partitioning fresh raw disk images with sfdisk (C/H/S ignored?)

I'm trying to automate the process of creating raw disk images. I don't care so much about C/H/S, but that the block size should be a rough standard of 512 bytes. However, I'm having trouble specifying the correct dimensions for partitions so that…
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Partitioning advice for dual boot with Windows XP and two separate Linux installations

Main goals is to have/being: Windows XP Main Linux installation "Some other" Linux installation which I am currently experimenting with. All three OS installations completely separate (at least to begin with). I won't share /home between my Linux…
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Building raw disk images: best way to delete files for compression?

I'm building raw disk images (ie, dd, chroot to install linux). During the customization process I may delete files, use temporary files, etc. What is the best way to delete these files to ensure the image is most compressible? I'm assuming if I…
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Mounting whole-disk filesystems in Windows 2008?

I am booting a Windows instance in an OpenStack environment. OpenStack can use a "configuration drive" to pass information into the instance. This drive is formatted as a whole-disk MS-DOS filesystem (i.e., there is no partition map). Is there any…
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Can I take a domain pc hard drive and put it in the exact same hardware and leave it as it is on the domain without running any sys prep?

I have a workstation in a domain that has failed with hardware related issues. The actual hard drive is fine and is not the issue with with the workstation. Since we have spares of these workstations, in the exact hardware configuration as the old…
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How to have a script run once on first boot

I have a Windows 7 image used to deploy with WDS. We like to install all our applications in the master image. The new Adobe CS6 suite needs to be serialized upon deployment, not in the master image. I need to run this once upon first boot of…
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