[kwlug-disc] Copying a Windows 7 partition to a new disk

Khalid Baheyeldin kb at 2bits.com
Wed Mar 30 13:56:59 EDT 2016


That is interesting.

But it is cleaner to re-install Linux, that way hibernate will work
without the multi-step futzing I had to do in the past to put the
parititon IDs in various places.

What about the Windows part?

On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 1:45 PM, Colin Mackay <zixiekat at gmail.com> wrote:
> My first thought was to use 'dd' to just duplicate the entire drive...  Not
> sure if the new disk is the same size as the old.  If it's larger, you'll
> end up with some unused space and could extend the Linux partition.  Then
> just modify /etc/fstab to remove the /home folder entry, then copy your home
> folder over as you mentioned.





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