ML wrote: > HI All, > > So I have 5 1U servers (running Windows) that have Ultra 320 SCSI > Drives in them. > > The owner of these boxes wants the drives captured in their current > states to .iso or .cdr or something where if the need arises the data > can be viewed, used again, etc. > > So what is the best approach? Boot from a Live CD, hook up a USB > external HD and do what? Can I create a .iso or .cdr (or some other > portable format) and have it created on the external USB? > > Thoughts on this process would be appreciated. > if they are windows servers, I think I'd use a windows tool to backup a file system level image of the disks, perhaps from a live CD (bartPE, UBCD4Win), or by temporarily installing the drives onto another Windows system. however, this gets quite complicated if they are using any sort of raid. Using DVD-ROM as the backup media will only hold 4.3 or 8.4(?) GB of data per disk, is that adequate? The alternative is a USB external HD, as you indicated. I think I'd use Windows NTBACKUP if you don't have Acronis TrueImage or other backup software.