cheap / free hard disk cloning

If you're a cheap bastard like me and don't want to spend the money on a product like Ghost, then the following open source / free products might just suit your fancy:

g4u - Harddisk Image Cloning for PCs
http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/

using dd and netcat to clone disks:
(down ???) http://www.rajeevnet.com/hacks_hints/os_clone/os_cloning.html
Google's cached copy: http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:jx4674quVY0J:www.rajeevnet.com/hacks_hints/os_clone/os_cloning.html+linux+cloning&hl=en

resize those NTFS partitions:
http://mlf.linux.rulez.org/mlf/ezaz/ntfsresize.html

problems with Dell M5200 or Lexmark/IBM printers and MS Office apps

any office program: word, excel, outlook, (winword.exe, excel.exe, outlook.exe)
dell printer m5200 "program error" "generated errors"
right-click properties on printer:C:\winnt\explorer.exe -Function address 0x77fcb21d caused a protection fault. (exception code 0xc0000005)Some or all property page(s) may not be displayed.
http://www.msusenet.com/archive/topic.php/t-1870972607.html
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/908506 -- 891861 update causes problems for driver
delete printer, then had to stop/start spooler, delete driver, and reconnect to printer.

Entry from C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\DrWatson\drwtsn32.log. Look at the ascii output in the raw stack dump... reference to lexsetprinter lead me to believe it was a print driver issue.***********************************************

 Raw Stack Dump
0012c640  ea ac fc 77 c8 00 00 00 - 50 06 a9 01 00 00 13 00  ...w....P.......
0012c650  a8 06 a9 01 50 00 00 00 - 10 c8 12 00 cc c4 01 10  ....P...........
0012c660  00 86 04 10 05 00 00 00 - 06 00 00 00 c0 c7 12 00  ................
0012c670  50 00 00 00 20 07 a9 01 - a8 06 a9 01 50 06 a9 01  P... .......P...
0012c680  0a 00 09 00 00 00 13 00 - 05 00 00 00 00 c6 12 00  ................
0012c690  1e a3 d3 77 f8 c7 d5 77 - 78 01 a9 01 78 01 a9 01  ...w...wx...x...
0012c6a0  b4 83 80 77 28 c6 12 00 - f4 c7 12 00 f4 c6 12 00  ...w(...........
0012c6b0  64 7e fb 77 78 16 f8 77 - ff ff ff ff 04 c7 12 00  d~.wx..w........
0012c6c0  fb 92 57 7c 00 00 13 00 - 00 00 00 00 40 41 15 00  ..W........@A..
0012c6d0  8c c8 12 00 c4 06 a9 01 - 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
0012c6e0  00 00 00 00 c8 c6 12 00 - 00 00 00 00 d0 c6 12 00  ................
0012c6f0  f4 c7 12 00 f4 c7 12 00 - 54 1f 5c 7c 80 24 57 7c  ........T.\.$W
0012c700  ff ff ff ff 2c c7 12 00 - 76 43 80 77 40 41 15 00  ....,...vC.w@A..
0012c710  34 02 81 77 40 41 15 00 - 8c c8 12 00 c4 06 a9 01  4..w@A..........
0012c720  50 06 a9 01 40 41 15 00 - 05 00 00 00 04 c8 12 00  P...@A..........
0012c730  ab 9f 59 7c 74 02 00 00 - 01 00 00 00 66 d9 01 10  ..Yt.......f...
0012c740  74 02 00 00 5a d9 01 10 - 8c c8 12 00 c4 06 a9 01  t...Z...........
0012c750  50 06 a9 01 74 02 00 00 - 47 00 6c 00 6f 00 62 00  P...t...G.l.o.b.
0012c760  61 00 6c 00 5c 00 4c 00 - 65 00 78 00 53 00 65 00  a.l.\.L.e.x.S.e.
0012c770  74 00 50 00 72 00 69 00 - 6e 00 74 00 65 00 72 00  t.P.r.i.n.t.e.r.