Re: Conezilla vs dd

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Author: Stephen
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Subject: Re: Conezilla vs dd
I like clonzilla for base metal backups. very handy with windows based OS's

dd i great for anything else.

I think clonezilla uses dd under the hood, but i cant remember.

On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Mark Phillips
<> 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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