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7.8

Sony VAIO CD Boot disk image wanted.

Asked by PaulCaswell in General Laptop

Tags: vaio, boot, sony, disk

All,

I've just been given a Sony VAIO to use for work. I have finally got it setup as I want so I want to back it up.

My normal method here is to install Norton ghost somewhere accessable, boot from a floppy or a CD and run a complete disk or partition backup.

Sadly, with this there are several problems.

1. Booting on a floppy is possible but, sadly, I would have to ask the boss for more hardware to make this happen, and we all know what happens to that sort of request.

2. The CD (actually a PIONEER DVD RW) is a USB device so the BIOS allows me to boot on it but as soon as the boot disk loads ATAPI drivers it goes tilt because it doesnt have the necessary USB drivers.

3. Booting on a really basic DOS boot CD with no drivers at all leaves access to the CD functional but, of course, I cant access any NTFS drives under DOS.

As far as I see it I need a boot image that supports USB CD drivers and NTFS partition disk access. I understand that the NTFS bit isnt too hard, there are several tools to do that but none I have come across have both in an easily accessable form.

I'm battling with UBCD right now. I cant seem to be able to get it to work. I've tried my old Hiren disk but it doesnt have USB.

I cant afford to spend money on this unless the solution is significantly better and more flexible than just a backup tool.

Paul
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