> a) activate PXE/WOL on bios > > b) start the laptop via PXE using a freebsd/linux/whatever_os_you_want_to_use > > c) use dd piped to rsync to make the backups not really efficient but working. ntfsprogs from ports can be helpful. you may use ntfsmount and access NTFS files directly. if backup is done over fast LAN, ntfsclone -s is useful