Make a snapshot (image) of a hard drive into a file.

Windows

Useful tip (store on a different wiki page?):

How to take a blank hard drive, plug it into a USB "toaster", and format it as NTFS (or whatever):

• https://www.maketecheasier.com/format-usb-drives-windows-10/
  • Method 2: Use Diskpart, a command prompt utility.

Image the source drive

Use Macrium Reflect free:

• http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx

Image to group's file share, after verifying drive size is appropriate. Use your <AS-NetID-adm> account to:

• \\files.cornell.edu\as\chm\GROUP\Admin-only-directory

Restore to a blank drive

Mac

Carbon Copy Cloner (or SuperDuper)