Bill Hance on 19 Aug 2005 15:49:28 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] disk to disk copy


> Michael C. Toren wrote:
>
>>On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 12:10:01PM -0400, gyoza@comcast.net wrote:
>>
>>
>>>What is a good utility for copying a hard drive to a new, larger drive?
>>>I just learned about partimage, but I don't want to waste time creating
>>>an image.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>rsync with the appropriate command line arguments (for example, "-avPH")
>>works very well for this, and can continue where it left off if it is
>>unexpectedly interrupted.
>>
>>
> Ah!  What about making the drive bootable?  What I'm looking to do is to
> boot with something like Knoppix, run a utility to copy a WinXP install
> to another drive, then boot from the new drive.
>


Does micro$oft XP have the capability to mirror drives?
If so, create a mirror, and then break it...

   -Bill

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