Re: Swapping HDD....

2012-12-29 Thread Maciek Borzęcki
On Fri, 2012-12-28 at 00:37 +0100, Reindl Harald wrote: dd if=/dev/sdsource of=/dev/sdtarget bs=16M and wait. there is no progress visible! Well, not exactly. One can use kill -USR1 PID of dd to see the current progress report. dd if=/dev/sda | ssh root@192.168.196.129 dd

Re: Swapping HDD....

2012-12-27 Thread Michael D. Setzer II
:Swapping HDD I am currently using a Gateway T-6321 laptop with a 320 GB SATA HD. I'm finding it's running out of room, with all the pdf's and other files I have accumulated. I want to swap it out to a 750GB SATA HDD. How can I do this when I don't have another laptop with the same exact specs

Re: [Bulk] Swapping HDD....

2012-12-27 Thread Bill Davidsen
Phil Savoie wrote: On 12/26/2012 09:50 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: I am currently using a Gateway T-6321 laptop with a 320 GB SATA HD. I'm finding it's running out of room, with all the pdf's and other files I have accumulated. I want to swap it out to a 750GB SATA HDD. How can I do this

Re: Swapping HDD....

2012-12-27 Thread Paweł Brodacki
2012/12/27 Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. eoconno...@gmail.com: WOW!so much information to digest! Thanks to one and all, but after reading the responses, I think the Clonezilla way might be for me, I'm not too familiar with the Terminal and the command lines and suchalthough I think it would

Re: Swapping HDD....

2012-12-27 Thread Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
On 12/27/2012 11:15 AM, Paweł Brodacki wrote: 2012/12/27 Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. eoconno...@gmail.com: WOW!so much information to digest! Thanks to one and all, but after reading the responses, I think the Clonezilla way might be for me, I'm not too familiar with the Terminal and the command

Re: Swapping HDD....

2012-12-27 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 28.12.2012 00:22, schrieb Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.: Besides, I agree with your conclusion, that Clonezilla may be the best way for you. I used it and I like it. I am thankful for all the comments, I have just finished my backup of my entire system, I'm still skiffy when it comes to

Swapping HDD....

2012-12-26 Thread Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
I am currently using a Gateway T-6321 laptop with a 320 GB SATA HD. I'm finding it's running out of room, with all the pdf's and other files I have accumulated. I want to swap it out to a 750GB SATA HDD. How can I do this when I don't have another laptop with the same exact specs as the

Re: Swapping HDD....

2012-12-26 Thread fred smith
On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 09:50:07PM -0500, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: I am currently using a Gateway T-6321 laptop with a 320 GB SATA HD. I'm finding it's running out of room, with all the pdf's and other files I have accumulated. I want to swap it out to a 750GB SATA HDD. How can I do

Re: Swapping HDD....

2012-12-26 Thread Sam Varshavchik
fred smith writes: if that doesn't get you where you need to go, you might try: --with the new drive connected via USB --boot from the aforementioned live CD --create the partitions as you want them --pray a while... --copy all the files from each partition on the OLD drive into the matching

Re: [Bulk] Swapping HDD....

2012-12-26 Thread Phil Savoie
On 12/26/2012 09:50 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: I am currently using a Gateway T-6321 laptop with a 320 GB SATA HD. I'm finding it's running out of room, with all the pdf's and other files I have accumulated. I want to swap it out to a 750GB SATA HDD. How can I do this when I don't have

Re: Swapping HDD....

2012-12-26 Thread staticsafe
On 12/26/12 21:50, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: I am currently using a Gateway T-6321 laptop with a 320 GB SATA HD. I'm finding it's running out of room, with all the pdf's and other files I have accumulated. I want to swap it out to a 750GB SATA HDD. How can I do this when I don't have

Re: Swapping HDD....

2012-12-26 Thread Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
On 12/27/2012 12:04 AM, staticsafe wrote: On 12/26/12 21:50, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: I am currently using a Gateway T-6321 laptop with a 320 GB SATA HD. I'm finding it's running out of room, with all the pdf's and other files I have accumulated. I want to swap it out to a 750GB SATA HDD.

Re: Swapping HDD....

2012-12-26 Thread Heinz Diehl
On 27.12.2012, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: I want to swap it out to a 750GB SATA HDD. How can I do this when I don't have another laptop with the same exact specs as the Gateway? - Connect your new HDD to your laptop (e.g. as an external drive). - Get the new HDD partitioned and formatted -