On Sat, 2014-06-14 at 17:24 +0800, Justin Richards wrote:
> I have cloned Windows drives successfully with the linux utility dd.

Absolutely the easiest, safest and most straightforward way of doing it.
Make a live USB stick of any Linux (my preference is Fedora and they
have a Windows based USB stick maker).  Boot the stick, open a terminal
and type

  man dd

which will give you the instructions.

dd is a tried and true utility which is available on all versions of
Linux.  There is even a Windows version, but that isn't useful because
to safely make a copy of a Windows disk Windows must not be running.  It
is an old, open-source utility with no vendor gotchas or hooks.  It does
what it says and nothing more.  And what it says it does is copy disk
blocks.

Depending on the size of the disk and the speed of the computer, it
could take a long time.  A terabyte drive and a slow computer it might
be days.

--McD


>   I
> think it stands for disk dump.  From memory I can use different size
> drives.  I think I used old versions of knoppix boot disk.  Ghost may be
> another option which we use to deploy our SOE.
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> On a related note: If I purchased a machine that came with a genuine
> version of XP am I free to download the latest version of Tiny XP that ha=
s
> all the latest service packs incorporated and install that.
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> Is an XP license a license to run XP.
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> Justin
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> On 14 June 2014 16:42, Luis Moreira <luis.moreira1575@googlemail.com> wro=
te:
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> > I second that. Used it a couple of times and it works great.
> > Best Regards
> >             Luis
> > On 14 Jun 2014 09:39, "Dom S" <wellybloke@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > > I use Clonezilla from a live CD.
> > >
> > > It can clone from HDD to Image file then back to HDD or direct from H=
DD
> > to
> > > HDD (or partition to partition).
> > >
> > > I'd strongly advise cloning to file first if you have a failing HDD -
> > just
> > > get your data off then worry about a restore later.
> > >
> > > Dom
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: RussellMc
> > > Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2014 9:05 AM
> > > To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
> > > Subject: [OT]:: XT hard drive cloning
> > >
> > > Pre-amble:
> > > I know Google knows. Far too many answers probably and merit of each
> > > subject to research.
> > > And I'm sure this has been raised here N times.
> > > Asking seems sure (and easier for me - ssssh) and in these death-of-X=
P
> > days
> > > there may be new better brighter answers. So -
> > >
> > > Question:
> > >
> > > I have an XP PC with a failing hard drive. The PC is doing well as is
> > and I
> > > don't want to change to WIN7 et al, Linux no matter how spiffing or
> > > open-XP-whatever-it-is. (Not yet anyway).
> > >
> > > I just want it to continue as before - and so does my wife as it's wh=
at
> > she
> > > uses at home and is happy with.
> > >
> > > What are the suggested options for preferably free, preferably easy
> > cloning
> > > of a whole XP drive to a newer larger one that does not fall over
> > > occasionally with minimal disruption to life?
> > >
> > >
> > >             Russell
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