I'd use dd. They even have a version for windows right now. dd if=<drive
you want to copy> of=image.iso. You can plug an external into her laptop
and have dd write the iso directly to that. Then you can use a tool such
as daemon tools or magicdisk to mount the iso and browse the files.



On Fri, 2007-02-09 at 02:57, Nick Stack wrote:
> A friend needs to send her laptop in for warranty repairs and has
> asked me if I could back it up for her as the hard drive might be
> replaced or formatted. I told her that I'd look into the matter. I've
> been attempting to use Partimage and the SystemRescueCd from
> www.sysresccd.org but am having some difficulty with that over a
> network. My major problem seems to be correctly configuring both
> systems to use Partimage. Does anyone know of a good guide for doing
> this sort of thing or have suggestions for alternative tools? Its
> around 60GB of data (120GB total hd size), so I'm trying to avoid
> backing it up to CDs/ DVDs, but that is a possibility. The the data
> needing to be stored is in FAT and ntfs partitions. I'm close to
> recommending an external drive to place the backup on, but I know that
> she would like to avoid that expense. 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Nick