[Cialug] Re: DSMGG LAN Party (WAS: Administrative stuff)

[David Champion]

Jeffrey Ollie wrote:
> On 12/5/07, Tim Wilson <tim_linux at wilson-home.com> wrote:
>   
>> I'm trying to get my new laptop ready.  I want to do a backup of it before
>> Vista screws with it.  And doing a backup of it has proved to be a pain.  If
>> I can get it ready in time, I plan on registering.  If not, I guess I'll
>> catch it next time.  What is the registration deadline?
>>     
>
> You're going to run Vista on a gaming PC?  Everything that I've read
> indicates that XP is much faster than Vista.  Even if I liked Windows,
> I can't think of a compelling reason to switch (other than "Ooh I
> gotta have the latest release").
>
> Jeff
>   
I was talking to Dan J. about this at lunch - he mentioned having a 
Vista laptop for work - with no install CD, and the Vista backup - 
create DVD thing is apparently a pain.

I suggested just ghosting the partition with G4L (ghost for linux), then 
if you screw it up you can just restore the image.

-dc