Hi Todd, thanks for the feedback! I'll give it a go if bigger or same. Clonezilla sounds good, worst case. I'll report back here if something caches fire. Thanks! Andrew McRobb Full-time Software Developer Part-time Freelancer mcrobb.info On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 5:12 PM, Todd Cole wrote: > new drive must be same size or bigger. see Clonezilla DD+GUI and many > guides and has a guide that can copy to a smaller drive (assuming used > space and no corrupt files... might be a bit easier if in doubt Todd > > On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 5:04 PM, Andrew McRobb > wrote: > >> Hey everyone, >> >> So my gf's wip computer seems like it has a bad drive. (100% usage when >> not doing anything, and Windows can't see anything wrong with it.) My gf's >> newphie's old computer still has a good drive. I'm not sure if it's larger >> or smaller then the bad one, but I was planning on using dd on my main >> machine to simply copy all the data into the newer drive from the bad one, >> plus also I don't have Win8 cd key laying around. (gf wants to play games >> on it primarily) >> >> Is there anything I need to watch out for when doing this? or should I be >> using another tool for the job? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Andrew >> >> >> Andrew McRobb >> Full-time Software Developer >> Part-time Freelancer >> mcrobb.info >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > Todd Cole > Ubuntu Arizona Team > 4605 S PRIEST DR LOT 3 > TEMPE AZ 85282-6507 > toddc@azloco.com > 602-677-9402 <(602)%20677-9402> > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >