On 01/07/11 18:29, Wayne Stallwood wrote:
ISTR that there are some Windows tools (maybe in the resource kit) that allow you to dump the NTFS image from a spanned dynamic disk and then reapply it somewhere else. But to do this I think you need either another instance of the same OS or enough space on your disk controller to accommodate both the old and new disks.
In the end we used a trial version of R-Drive Image (http://www.drive-image.com/) from within Windows. I'm not 100% happy that it's worked correctly but it's a lot closer than we were without it. If it still seems to be working on Monday I'll buy the licence and add it to my toolbag for future.
I'd be happier with a FOSS solution, but R-Drive Image was a 12MB download and ran from within the OS so I didn't have to find a CD.
It never does any harm to be reminded how fragile the Windows filesystem is though; we had half a dozen attempts that wouldn't boot and there really isn't much you can do without starting again!