Solve : Add image restore to PC boot options.?

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Answer» Agreed. However if he were to use an app that supported network backups (for individual workstations as they do ) he'd still be only a few keystrokes away and/or could schedule regular backups for said machines without searching for a boottime solution...I would consider keeping the IMAGES for all the computers on a network drive (which Patio & ST already suggested) and a backup copy on a portable USB hard drive. Many corporate networks are structured this way.Quote from: patio on October 06, 2010, 04:52:18 PM Agreed. However if he were to use an app that supported network backups (for individual workstations as they do ) he'd still be only a few keystrokes away and/or could schedule regular backups for said machines without searching for a boottime solution... excellent point... somehow I missed that.All excellent points. When I first started here, 6 monthe ago, all systems where outsourced and I am the first(and only) IT staff. When a PC (135 employees) crashed they simple put in a new one and wwent through about a 2 hour setup process. Not to mention the PC's they had are crap and they replaced a PC about 3 times a day, LITERALLY. So first thing I did was make sure all the PC's were coming from the same supplier and then put in a file server specifically for user storage and then of course structured my AD accordingly. Then I DESIGNED my GENERIC clone killing the 2 hours for each PC. But with so many PC issues still in play I needed to figure out a way to get me more free time. So this is why I went this route. In January I will be buying a server strickly for imaging user PC's. But I just need to make till then. So that is why I have all the extra work. Seems like extra but for me it is actually less. I have looked at the Clonezilla and Acronis network cloning last night and I like both. I think I will toy with the Clonezilla first since it free and I still have alot to purchase here.Macrium Reflect is an excellent tool ....and IMHO far more user-friendly than CloneZilla....also Free.

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Agreed.
However if he were to use an app that supported network backups (for individual workstations as they do ) he'd still be only a few keystrokes away and/or could schedule regular backups for said machines without searching for a boottime solution...I would consider keeping the IMAGES for all the computers on a network drive (which Patio & ST already suggested) and a backup copy on a portable USB hard drive. Many corporate networks are structured this way.Quote from: patio on October 06, 2010, 04:52:18 PM

Agreed.
However if he were to use an app that supported network backups (for individual workstations as they do ) he'd still be only a few keystrokes away and/or could schedule regular backups for said machines without searching for a boottime solution...

excellent point... somehow I missed that.All excellent points. When I first started here, 6 monthe ago, all systems where outsourced and I am the first(and only) IT staff. When a PC (135 employees) crashed they simple put in a new one and wwent through about a 2 hour setup process. Not to mention the PC's they had are crap and they replaced a PC about 3 times a day, LITERALLY. So first thing I did was make sure all the PC's were coming from the same supplier and then put in a file server specifically for user storage and then of course structured my AD accordingly. Then I DESIGNED my GENERIC clone killing the 2 hours for each PC. But with so many PC issues still in play I needed to figure out a way to get me more free time. So this is why I went this route. In January I will be buying a server strickly for imaging user PC's. But I just need to make till then. So that is why I have all the extra work. Seems like extra but for me it is actually less. I have looked at the Clonezilla and Acronis network cloning last night and I like both. I think I will toy with the Clonezilla first since it free and I still have alot to purchase here.Macrium Reflect is an excellent tool ....and IMHO far more user-friendly than CloneZilla....also Free.

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