You might also be interested in the free (but unbelievably slow)software called CloneZilla : http://clonezilla.sourceforge.net/It will clone hd->hd partition->partition local[hd or partition]->remote(on the net)fileimageCheck it out. Cloning windoz is more than just dd'ing the blocks. There arehidden blocks (I am told) that windows uses to detect clonesand so, make them unbootable.Maybe this clonezilla might be aware of that, and so will copy thosehidden blocks to the same block numbers of the new disk.Cheers and good luck,Markus> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:11:15 -0400> From: davidsen@xxxxxxx> To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Copying a Hard Disk Containing Windows With Fedora> > Oliver Ruebenacker wrote:> > Dear friends,> > > > I need to copy the hard disk of a Windows computer to a new hard> > disk of equal size. I was thinking of connecting both drives> > (SATA/150), booting from the Fedora 8 Rescue Disk and then do> > > > dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb> > > > in hope that after that, the second hard disk can be used in place> > of the first one (including booting Windows, of course).> > > > Does this work? Thanks!> > > If the drives are not totally identical, I believe that you want to > create a partition on the destination of the same type and size, make it > active and then copy the partition (with dd as you proposed). There was > a reason for doing it that way, but I have no idea what it is/was years > after learning that the hard way.> > If you have an identical drive just do what you wanted, it should work.> > -- > Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx>> "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from> the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot> > -- > fedora-list mailing list> fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list _________________________________________________________________ Climb to the top of the charts! Play the word scramble challenge with star power. http://club.live.com/star_shuffle.aspx?icid=starshuffle_wlmailtextlink_jan
