Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cloning my current install to a new HDD
On 13/08/12 14:23, Colin Law wrote: On 13 August 2012 14:00, Dave Morley wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 13/08/12 13:57, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: I've looked at various solutions for cloning - they all assume that the new HDD is installed in the computer. I need to clone via a USB HDD as I'm replacing the HDD in my laptop (160GB instead of 80GB - that's all the BIOS will take!) and so cannot install the new HDD alongside the old! I am also looking at the possibility of dual-booting with Windows 7 (hence the bigger HDD - as my wife is being moved to Win 7 with her work laptop and as usual, I suspect that her IT dept will not do it properly) and thus my second question is this: If I install Win 7 first on a partition of the new HDD would I then be able to restore the clone to a second partition and how would that affect Grub? Clonezilla Just to clarify that, with clonezilla you can boot from a live clonezilla CD, clone the disk to an image file (an image file, not an actual clone) on the usb stick (or to another machine on the network). Then change the disk in the laptop and use clonezilla again to re-create the image on the new disk. Then you can use gparted of course to increase the partition size to use the rest of the disc, if that is what you want to do (using the gparted live cd). Colin clonezilla faq is worth looking over http://drbl.org/faq/ and the step by step examples are good too http://clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live-doc.php -- alan cocks -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cloning my current install to a new HDD
On 13 August 2012 14:00, Dave Morley wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 13/08/12 13:57, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: >> I've looked at various solutions for cloning - they all assume that >> the new HDD is installed in the computer. I need to clone via a USB >> HDD as I'm replacing the HDD in my laptop (160GB instead of 80GB - >> that's all the BIOS will take!) and so cannot install the new HDD >> alongside the old! I am also looking at the possibility of >> dual-booting with Windows 7 (hence the bigger HDD - as my wife is >> being moved to Win 7 with her work laptop and as usual, I suspect >> that her IT dept will not do it properly) and thus my second >> question is this: If I install Win 7 first on a partition of the >> new HDD would I then be able to restore the clone to a second >> partition and how would that affect Grub? >> >> > Clonezilla Just to clarify that, with clonezilla you can boot from a live clonezilla CD, clone the disk to an image file (an image file, not an actual clone) on the usb stick (or to another machine on the network). Then change the disk in the laptop and use clonezilla again to re-create the image on the new disk. Then you can use gparted of course to increase the partition size to use the rest of the disc, if that is what you want to do (using the gparted live cd). Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cloning my current install to a new HDD
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 13/08/12 13:57, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > I've looked at various solutions for cloning - they all assume that > the new HDD is installed in the computer. I need to clone via a USB > HDD as I'm replacing the HDD in my laptop (160GB instead of 80GB - > that's all the BIOS will take!) and so cannot install the new HDD > alongside the old! I am also looking at the possibility of > dual-booting with Windows 7 (hence the bigger HDD - as my wife is > being moved to Win 7 with her work laptop and as usual, I suspect > that her IT dept will not do it properly) and thus my second > question is this: If I install Win 7 first on a partition of the > new HDD would I then be able to restore the clone to a second > partition and how would that affect Grub? > > Clonezilla - -- You make it, I'll break it! I love my job :) http://www.ubuntu.com http://www.canonical.com -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAlAo+mUACgkQT5xqyT+h3OgtXACePlCz6vNFgxr4aBbo7l0w8Pn3 WggAnjZflWI9LN21OLF/D4hAScN8zwIX =Kf/k -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Cloning my current install to a new HDD
I've looked at various solutions for cloning - they all assume that the new HDD is installed in the computer. I need to clone via a USB HDD as I'm replacing the HDD in my laptop (160GB instead of 80GB - that's all the BIOS will take!) and so cannot install the new HDD alongside the old! I am also looking at the possibility of dual-booting with Windows 7 (hence the bigger HDD - as my wife is being moved to Win 7 with her work laptop and as usual, I suspect that her IT dept will not do it properly) and thus my second question is this: If I install Win 7 first on a partition of the new HDD would I then be able to restore the clone to a second partition and how would that affect Grub? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
