On 24/11/12 14:01, Michael James Daffin wrote:
Don't see why would wouldn't be able to just dd the data to the new
disk, assuming the new disk is larger. You can then use any partition
manager tool to increase the size of the partitions to fill the new space.
Worst case is it fails and you have
Don't see why would wouldn't be able to just dd the data to the new disk,
assuming the new disk is larger. You can then use any partition manager
tool to increase the size of the partitions to fill the new space.
Worst case is it fails and you have to reinstall anyway... assuming you
have the time
On Sat, 24 Nov 2012 13:17:12 +, kevin.saff...@gmail.com said:
> What's my best way forward from here? When I've swapped disks, can I use
> dd to write my rescued information to the new hard drive?
Here's how I would do it (so "best" for me; not necessarily "best" for
you).
Put both disks in
On Saturday 24 Nov 2012 13:17:12 Kevin Safford wrote:
> gsmartcontrol reports that my hard disk is failing.
>
> I can still read and write to the disk, but I want to replace it before
> it's too late. I've not had to do anything like this before, so help! I
> have a new disk, ready and waiting.
>
gsmartcontrol reports that my hard disk is failing.
I can still read and write to the disk, but I want to replace it before
it's too late. I've not had to do anything like this before, so help! I
have a new disk, ready and waiting.
The failing drive is partitioned as:
/dev/sda1
