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Post by asmolinski425 »

I am switching my HDD with an SSD. What is the best way to clone my HDD to the SSD?
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Mute Ant

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Post by Mute Ant »

"...best..." Will an exact copy fit in the new drive?
asmolinski

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Post by asmolinski »

Yes everything will fit onto the new drive
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dd is a good tool for an exact clone
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dd_(Unix)
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dd tip:

sudo dd if=/dev/sdx of=/dev/sdx bs=4M status=progress && sync

so you can monitor the progress.

if is the input disk
of is the destination
replace sdx with actual name of the drive
list drive names with "sudo blkid"

!!! make darn sure that the correct path is used !!!
again >> sdx << is just an example, replace with true path
Peter
Mate desktop https://wiki.debian.org/MATE
Debian GNU/Linux operating system: https://www.debian.org/download
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Thank you, I will give that a try
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asmolinski425 wrote: Fri Apr 20, 2018 2:08 pm Thank you, I will give that a try
I am no expert. Please be careful. Research the commands a bit. Best of luck!
Peter
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