clone a drive

[Ash Wyllie]

On Tue, 2010-10-05 at 11:33 -0700, NoOp wrote:
> On 10/05/2010 11:07 AM, Ash Wyllie wrote:
> > Now that I have my laptop back, now I want to put a new larger drive in it.
> > 
> > Ideally, I would like to:  copy /dev/sda1 to /dev/sdb3
> >                            remove the 120GB drive
> >                            install a 250GB (or larger)
> >                            user the USB stick to formatand
> >                                         partition the new drive
> >                            copy /dev/sdb3 to /dev/sda1
> > 
> > Can that be done?
> > 
> > If not, how can I get my current set up to a new drive?
> 
> Save yourself some time & trouble... Go & buy one of these (or similar):
> http://www.vantecusa.com/front/product/view_detail/266
> SATA/ IDE to USB 2.0 Adapter (about $20 USD)
> 
> Plug the new drive into the adapter & then plug into your USB port.
> Check to make sure the drive is spinning up properly. Boot to a liveCD
> and use gparted to 'Copy' the old drive to the new drive. gparted 'Copy'
> will copy bit-for-bit. Once completed, install the new drive into the
> laptop & boot.
> 
> Note: you can resize the new drive afterwards if you wish via the
> liveCD/gparted, or just leave as is & use the extra space for new
> partitions. You can also use the device to use the old drive as a USB
> drive for backup etc.
> 
> 
> 
Then that is what I am going to do.

                      -ash