On Monday 10 Oct 2005 15:02, Al wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "magnet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 2:41 AM > Subject: Re: [newbie] HDD cloning > > > On Monday 10 Oct 2005 12:35, Al wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > > > First, many thanks to Ron for help with Chinese characters in > > > filenames. > > > > > > New problem. I have a new HDD, I would like to move every thing from > > the > > > > old hdd to the new one. > > > > > > what is the best way to clone my BOOT drive? so that the new drive > > > boots > > as > > > > well > > > > > > It's a dual boot 2005LE / WinXP > > > > > > TIA > > > > > > Al > > > > open a console and type > > > > man dd > > > > dd if=<olddrivedevice> of=<newdrivedevice> > > > > hope this helps > > magnet > > > > it does a direct clone > > Thanks magnet, Will the new drive be bootable? can I dd the drive im > working from? > > ie: boot on drive then clone that same drive? > > > > Thanks > > > > Al
yes, it's a 100% clone, so whatever your current drive does, the new drive will also do. You didn't say what sizes these drives are, but I have only cloned identical sized drives here. Just put in the new drive somewhere and let the system recognise it as a device, then just clone it. Obviously you cannot have 2 bootable identical drives in the same system at the same time after the cloning, but it will be fine to actually do the cloning magnet
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