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Hi, I have a HD failing, and need to clone it to a different HD. It has GRUB on it, and it is part of a dual boot system. Any ...
  1. 01-10-2010 #1
    Dave-Oregon
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    Question [SOLVED] looking for something to clone a disk, MBR and all...

    Hi,

    I have a HD failing, and need to clone it to a different HD. It has GRUB on it, and it is part of a dual boot system. Any suggestions for a tool for this?

    Thanks,
    Dave
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    You can use Clonezilla or PartImage. I am using PartImage for last 3 years and never faced any problem with it.
    PartImage creates compressed, bootable .iso image and you can restore that image easily. Its available in PartedMagic LiveCD.
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    I used a Linux version of Acronis True Image that runs from a liveCD for cloning drives, but Clonezilla should also work. Have you tried either of them?
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    dd
    or if you get too many reading errors ddrescue

    You can create a file with that which you can mount.
    Or you can simly clone.

    an example:
    dd if=/dev/sda of=sdabackup.img
    or:
    dd if=/dev/sda1 of=sda_part1.img
    or the MBR:
    dd if=/dev/sda bs=512 count=1 of=sda.mbr.img
  5. 01-10-2010 #5
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    Wow... Thanks to all for the info... I have been using Clonezill for a few years now, but have not needed to clone a disk MBR and all...

    Anyway, thanks again to all...

    PS: I have MRTG up and running now!!! Yippie!
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