[mdlug] file copy

[Tony Bemus]

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1+  I agree with the rsync suggestion!

If you need to copy a windows is partition then I suggest using the live cd for clonezilla or parted magic.

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"Carl T. Miller" <carl at carltm.com> wrote:
>Bob wrote:
>> I need to copy the contents of a hard drive to another, larger, hard
>> drive.
>> What are my options for most efficient/reliable methods?
>
>Since you don't give a lot of details, I'm going to assume
>1) that you're using Linux, 2) that you can connect to both
>hard drives at the same time, and 3) that you just need to
>copy the files.
>
>I would recommend using rsync.  If needed, partition and
>format the larger drive.  Run "mount" to verify that the
>partitions are mounted and that you have the correct paths.
>Then use "rsync -aHvx /old /new" for each of the old partitions.
>
>c
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