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  1. 04-17-2010 #1
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    dd command confirmation please

    Please forgive me for this seemingly petty question.

    I googled around and have done some reading. I just want to make sure I understand this thing correctly and I feel there is no better way to confirm than to hear it from the people who taught me.

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    dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb
    If I am cloning my whole Hard Disk /dev/sda with its partitions, to another Hard disk of the same capacity, /dev/sdb. I would be getting a perfect clone of my /dev/sda, meaning, I get all data; my partitions are preserved; and get to use exactly the same distros including XP.

    Is that correct please?

    Thanks in advance!
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    Quote Originally Posted by nujinini View Post
    I googled around and have done some reading. I just want to make sure I understand this thing correctly and I feel there is no better way to confirm than to hear it from the people who taught me.

    Code:
    dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb
    If I am cloning my whole Hard Disk /dev/sda with its partitions, to another Hard disk of the same capacity, /dev/sdb. I would be getting a perfect clone of my /dev/sda, meaning, I get all data; my partitions are preserved; and get to use exactly the same distros including XP.
    Yes, that should do it:

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    dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb
    You can find more options for use of the dd command by running man dd from the terminal.
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    Thanks for putting the right title and putting the post in the right place Oz!
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    After cloning a disk, and as a safety precaution, I always like to test the new drive to make sure all is working properly before reformatting or deleting the contents of the previous drive.

    It's just something that you might want to consider doing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ozar View Post
    After cloning a disk, and as a safety precaution, I always like to test the new drive to make sure all is working properly before reformatting or deleting the contents of the previous drive.

    It's just something that you might want to consider doing.
    Yeah I agree! Thanks again!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lostfarmer View Post
    My take a look at
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