[TriLUG] Non-Profit Refurbishing

[Matt Pusateri]

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On Tue, July 26, 2005 2:55 pm, Wayne Henley said:
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> Wayne
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> John Gilbert wrote:
>
>>Hey Folks,
>>
>>I'm new to the LUG, but I had a request/question for those with more
>>experience. I run a not-for-profit program called Teaming for
>> Technology
>>(part of the Triangle United Way) that refurbishes donated computers
>> to
>>be given to schools and other non-profit organizations in Durham,
>>Orange, and Wake counties here in NC. Right now our process for
>>refurbishing goes as follows:
>>1.We remove the hard drives from the donated machines.
>>2.We plug the HDDs into our "Killing Machine" where we run the open
>>source "Darik's Boot and Nuke" disk wiping program.
>>3.We plug the HDDs into our "Cloning Machine" where we run Norton
>> Ghost
>>to clone our master image onto our new HDD.
>>4.We put the ghosted drive into a machine and load the drivers from
>> the
>>image.
>>Now, as you can imagine, Norton Ghost isn't the cheapest license to
>> buy
>>in the world, especially for a non-profit and for the number of
>>computers we go through annually. Basically we need to find an open
>>source solution to replace our current cloning process. Our master
>> image
>>has Windows 2000 Professional (I know, I know, I wish we could put
>> Linux
>>on them, too, but we can't do that thanks to our agreement with
>>Microsoft), all the drivers that we have needed to date (along with a
>>program that wipes off the unneeded drives when run), the open source
>>anti-virus program aVast!, the open source MS Office alternative
>>OpenOffice, and a few other odds and ends. We would like to be able
>> to
>>have a piece of software that is bootable, able to clone at least
>> hard
>>drive to hard drive and hopefully over a network as well, and as
>>reliable as Norton Ghost. We don't have much to offer in return other
>>than gratitude and recognition. We would be willing to name the
>> program
>>after the maker(s) and even include his/her/their name(s) on our
>>background image that goes on 1000+ computers every year. If you have
>>any questions about the program feel free to email me at
>>jgilbert at unitedwaytriangle.org, call me at 919.463.5047, or check out
>>our website at http://www.unitedwaytriangle.org/2004/t4t/t4t.htm.
>>
>>Thanks So Much!
>>
>>  John Gilbert
>>  Technology Outreach Specialist
>>  Triangle United Way
>>  P.O. Box 110387
>>  Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
>>  919.463.5047    Direct
>>  919.460.8687    General
>>  919.460.9019    Fax
>>  JGilbert at unitedwaytriangle.org
>>  www.unitedwaytriangle.org
>>
>>
>>
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