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we have a csc duplicator that we use to erase and copy drives.. VERY slow.. but it does the job. CSC Portable Pro Drive Service/Test/Duplication Workstation

Corporate Systems Center; they offer a couple of CD duplicators. I've bought SCSI stuff from them in the past and have been very satisfied.

Also check out this list of CD/DVD duplicators from Pricegrabber.

I've faced this issue many times. I finally gave up and bought one of these when they were on sale at half price (CSC was having a moving sale at the time).

This little hardware wonder doesn't care WHAT is on the hard drive, or what structure it is. You can have anything on the drive from MS-DOS 2.0 to OS/2 to Linux to BSD to OS/9 RTOS... well, you get the idea. It will duplicate it to another drive, in its entirety, as bootable as the original.

Granted, it can't work over the network. However, for applications where you need to do an absolute binary image of any given drive, they can't be beat. There are larger models available for imaging a whole stack of drives from one master.

The CD BlastIt! with a built in 25GB hard drive for storage of MP3s. Sells for $595. From Corporate Systems Center, who specializes in duplication equipment these days.

at CSC.. I'm not an employee, just someone who bought a 4-tape DAT autoloader for $269 from them and is quite happy with it..

Your Working Boy,

Cheers, Dan