do you have access to a unix box? because there it's really easy to do.
Take the drive you want to "copy", connect it to a inix box and make
sure it is not mounted.
Look up whatthe device isin, /dev. with most drive it should be
something like /dev/sdb or sdc etc. you can see it when you plug it
in AND
you can actually check it by mounting typically the first partition and
check what's on it.
with the unmounted drive, let's say it's /dev/sdx you do something like:
dd if=/dev/sdx of=/path/to/where/you/want/it/my-old-disk.iso bs=1M
and unplug the drive.
Now you have a disk image, and you still have your unmodified drive,
so you can try the next step until you have it right.
Take the new drive, hook it up make sure it is not mounted AND bigger
(or at least the same size as your old drive.)
Let's say it's /dev/sdy this time around when plugged in. then:
dd if=/path/to/where/you/want/it/my-old-disk.iso of=/dev/sdy BS=1M
and there it is. If the drive is bigger you are left with unused
space, you can either make another partition, or you can expand one
of the partitions you put on there. If you create another partion,
you'll end up with something that looks like you have another drive,
logically, not physically of course.
Ron
On 4/22/20 8:22 PM, andrew beck wrote:
Hey guys.
Just a quick question here
I recently heard some funny clanking noises in my old 2nd hand hard drive
on my VMC and thought I better change it out and get a SSD in there.
I have a bunch of stuff loaded onto the hardrive for probe basic gui and
other stuff and would like to clone the drive and keep everything.
I can manage a windows cloning I am just not sure if the process will work
on a linux system. I am using a crucial brand SSD and can download the
drive cloning software (it is rebadged acronis cloning software)
anyway some help would be appreciated.
regards
Andrew
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