Cloning hard drive with dd or other?

[Ric Moore]

On Fri, 2010-11-12 at 18:32 -0800, Patton Echols wrote:
> I have a failing hard drive that boots WinXP for one of my work machines.
> 
> I want to clone the drive while it's still alive and run from the 
> clone.  I had expected to use dd and was reading to try and see if there 
> are challenges I am unaware of. The comments to this article:
> 
> http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/19141/clone-a-hard-drive-using-an-ubuntu-live-cd/
> 
> say that it will not work if the drives have different geometries. 
> 
> 
> Does anyone know of work arounds / other solutions that may accomplish 
> what I need to do?

Can you just backup the entire thing, (or just the data directories)
install the new drive and copy it all back? Might be safer in the long
run. I know, not very optimal, but I'd save the valuable data right
away ...like last night. Ric
 

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