Clonezilla is designed and easy to use for exactly this need. Use dd
if you want more control and don't mind using an additional tool to
adjust the partition sizes.
Alan
On Jul 14, 2011, at 1:22 PM, Mark Phillips <
mark@phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote:
> I bought a larger hard drive for my laptop, so I need to clones my existing drive to the new drive. I have one of those cool usb hardrive caddies for my new drive, so all I need to do is fire up a live cd and clone the disk. I know I will have to repartition the new drive once it is cloned to recapture the new space to the new drive.
>
> I was wondering if the list has a preference for clonezilla over a plain ol' dd to clone a drive.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mark
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