Gene, > So I started a dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdd which cloned that 160GB drive to a 200GB drive. AFAIK, when you dd in that manner, you are cloning as you say. In that way, you are cloning everything. By everything I mean you are cloning the disk label, partition table, inodes and all bad bits. In effect, you've made a 200GB drive into a 160GB drive.