ok i need a little help here.
i want to know the best way using a mac to backup a windows drive.
HOWEVER, the RESTORE will be done by windows machine.
let me explain. my dad has all windows boxes and wants me to back up his windows laptop to an extra IDE external HD he has. i'm going to use my mac to do it while i'm visiting. since he wants an "image" in his words, basically a clone of the drive. the powermac i'm using can interface the laptop drive because it has IDE interface and i have an adaptor for the 2.5" laptop drive.
but should he need to restore the laptop to the image kept on the external it needs to be in a format that could be used by his windows machine to restore.
the BACKUP cannot be done by windows because there are NO IDE capable windows desktops available for this. and i don't think he wants to buy another external usb HD case.
i need some input on how this could be accomplished or what software would work. mac makes it so easy but i nor my mac will be availble when/if he needs to restore. i was thinking of winclone or carbon copy cloner, but i don't think CCC will carry over the boot partition, but maybe it don't need to??
help please
i want to know the best way using a mac to backup a windows drive.
HOWEVER, the RESTORE will be done by windows machine.
let me explain. my dad has all windows boxes and wants me to back up his windows laptop to an extra IDE external HD he has. i'm going to use my mac to do it while i'm visiting. since he wants an "image" in his words, basically a clone of the drive. the powermac i'm using can interface the laptop drive because it has IDE interface and i have an adaptor for the 2.5" laptop drive.
but should he need to restore the laptop to the image kept on the external it needs to be in a format that could be used by his windows machine to restore.
the BACKUP cannot be done by windows because there are NO IDE capable windows desktops available for this. and i don't think he wants to buy another external usb HD case.
i need some input on how this could be accomplished or what software would work. mac makes it so easy but i nor my mac will be availble when/if he needs to restore. i was thinking of winclone or carbon copy cloner, but i don't think CCC will carry over the boot partition, but maybe it don't need to??
help please