dd is about the most hardcore way to do it: it will copy every bit from the old drive to the new image, but with no notation of significance: there's no partition, FAT table, boot sector, file or dead space notation; it's just a bunch of bits. If you know what you're doing and are really careful, it's a great way of moving raw bits around, but there's no clue in the bits about what they mean. You can do some powerfully bad things if you copy your MBR over where the FAT table should be, or jumble up your UEFI partitions.
There's a number of cool tools to use with Linux LiveCDs that make it a little easier and less error prone. Check out: http://www.sysresccd.org/SystemRescueCd_Homepage http://clonezilla.org/ http://www.partimage.org/Main_Page On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 10:36 AM, AndyHC <[email protected]> wrote: > drop in your favourite bootable linux cd/dvd/stick; mount the new drive; dd > > - so they tell me <g> > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cacw6n4uzbesrpnhl9-bysxdttutbvipwqgvr-6bfvrcb6cd...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
