Copying A Disk

[Chris Mohler]

On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 12:21 PM, Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com> wrote:
>    What you do is this:
>
> $ sudo fdisk /dev/sda and if that fails try sdb and so forth. I would
> expect it to be sda because windows likes to be in the first partition :-)

Wrong.  /dev/sda ~= /DEVices/ScsiDiskA.  Meaning "sda" denotes the
first drive, "sdb" is the second drive, and so on.  Whether or not
windows prefers to be installed in the first partition of a drive has
no relevance here - this is not a dual-boot setup, but a full XP MCE
install that has gone bad - likely due to hardware failure>


> But if it is connected to your computer via the USB port it may be
> impossible to find. Then look for /dev/sdf1 and the whole hard drive
> will have that address.

Wrong again.  Well, the first part anyway - the second part makes no
sense at all. But I do admire your persistence.

Chris