Re: [Hampshire] Disk copy/duplication for upgrade.

2014-05-05 Thread Peter B.
Dd I think is the best and quickest I have come across On 5 May 2014 15:28, "Andy Random" wrote: > > Hi, > > Any suggestions on the best/current tools for duplicating a HD? > > I have a Win7 laptop that I want to upgrade the disk in it so I can dual > boot it with Linux. > > I have a replacement

Re: [Hampshire] Disk copy/duplication for upgrade.

2014-05-05 Thread Simon Reap
On 05/05/2014 15:27, Andy Random wrote: Any suggestions on the best/current tools for duplicating a HD? I have a Win7 laptop that I want to upgrade the disk in it so I can dual boot it with Linux. I had to to do the same thing recently with a laptop. I don't have the mini SATA connector

Re: [Hampshire] Disk copy/duplication for upgrade.

2014-05-05 Thread Alan Pope
On 5 May 2014 15:27, Andy Random wrote: > I've used Clonezilla before to do this kind of thing on a desktop where I > can have both drives connected at once, but I'm not sure the best way to do > this on a laptop where only one disk can be connected at a time. > Why can only one be connected at a

[Hampshire] Disk copy/duplication for upgrade.

2014-05-05 Thread Andy Random
Hi, Any suggestions on the best/current tools for duplicating a HD? I have a Win7 laptop that I want to upgrade the disk in it so I can dual boot it with Linux. I have a replacement disk, but want to duplicate the exiting one onto the new drive. I've used Clonezilla before to do this kind

[Hampshire] New Zealand Internet freedom

2014-05-05 Thread Tim Brocklehurst
Hi everybody, I thought the message below from our friends at ScotLUG might be of interest to some. Cheers, Tim B. -- Hampshire Linux User Group Chairman -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: [Scottish] Last Months Talk Date: Monday 05 May 2014, 13:28:50 To: SLUG-list Hey all