When I was a much younger tech, working at a school, I was introduced to a piece of software made by Norton, which would allow

[puggydude]

Help with imaging software

 

[utgotye]

Probably thinking of Ghost.

http://www.symantec.com/page.jsp?id=ghost

 

[USAFRet]

Help with imaging software

You're thinking of Norton Ghost. Currently, there are MUCH better options.
Macrium Reflect
Casper

 

[kag1999]

Norton Ghost. You could also use a free alternative like Clonezilla or FOG Project, or paid alternatives such as SmartDeploy or Lite-Touch.

My school uses Lite-Touch for x86 and x64 versions of windows with multiple images with many programs. We use Clonezilla for our Linux laptops, keeping one 'master' computer that we copy to image.

 

[dudeman509]

CloneZilla and Acronis (ships with some SSDs) are both pretty good & easy to use.

Yeah, I rememeber Ghost...back when I kept having to RMA IBM's glass-platter hard drives that kept failing.

 

[utgotye]

Ghost still works pretty well, when it works, just like Altiris. Much faster than using PXE, at least where I work.

 

[puggydude]

Thanks for this guys, I have used both clonezilla and ghost in the past but didn't know that they would create an exe based on the difference between a before and after image. I'll try reading up a bit more. Thanks!

 

[wpgwpg]

Ghost 15 works great with Windows versions up through 7, but not 8 or 10. Symantec bought Ghost and has taken it off the market. :-( I've been using Easeus Todo Backup Free for the last 5 years, and am very happy with it. It's free for home use, and there's a paid version for business use.