drive change

[NoOp]

On 09/28/2010 07:18 PM, sdavmor wrote:
> On 09/28/2010 04:27 PM, NoOp wrote:
>> On 09/28/2010 03:08 PM, Bill Wright wrote:
>>> how can i change hard drives to another and retain o/s and data
>>>
>>
>> Similar to what Alan suggests:
>>
>> 1. Power down&  connect both drives.[1]
>> 2. Boot to the Ubuntu liveCD (live use mode, not install mode) - do
>> *not* mount the drives.
>> 3. Open gparted (System|Administration|gparted) and use the copy
>> function to copy from the old drive to the new. Note: this will
>> effectively do the same as if you were to use dd from the terminal to do
>> the copy and will copy bit for bit).
>> 4. Exit the liveCD, power down, disconnect the old drive, make sure that
>> the new drive jumpers are properly set (Master)&  power up with the new
>> drive. Immediately go to bios&  make sure that the drive is showing up
>> properly etc.
>> 5. Continue to boot to the new drive&  you should be good to go.
>>
>> Note: if you plan to use the old drive in the same machine as well need
>> to change the UUID of the old drive so that it doesn't conflict with the
>> drive that you just mirrored/copied, see:
>> <http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.user/202144>
>>
>> [1] If it is not possible to connect both drives in the same machine
>> (for example if it is a laptop drive&  you are installing to a desktop
>> drive), I use a nifty usb-sata-ide adapter from vantec:
>> <http://www.vantecusa.com/front/product/view_detail/266>
>> to connect via USB. Well worth the small investment IMO.
> 
> I have to do this fairly often for customers.  I use the bootable 
> GParted CD.  It works very well.

And do you see any difference between that and the gparted provided on
the Ubuntu liveCD? There should not be any difference.

Most folks will have an Ubuntu liveCD already burned for their version.
Why go and burn a new GParted CD when you already have gparted on the
Ubuntu liveCD? Ditto for Doug's suggestion of MIRAY.DE HDCLONE.

And if all else, simply boot the liveCD and do a dd if you wish, but
using gparted from the liveCD is considerably easier for those that wish
to use a GUI.