>
> If you have a copy of linux around, dd is perfect for this sort of
> thing:
>
> dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb
>
> That's it. It'll copy, sector by sector, everything on drive /dev/hda to
> drive /dev/hdb. It's not the fastest (takes about 30 second/gig when I
> run it) but it sure is easy!
>

I use Ghost For Linux, which is distributed as a self booting ISO so you
can burn your own CD. Included in the package is a script to zero all
unused sectors. You can then do a sector by sector image save. I use an
external USB hard drive. You can do compression during the image save so
those zeroed sectors take very little room.

Harold

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