Re: [gentoo-user] Guidance on using Gentoo to clone a Win 10 system drive

[Mark Knecht]

On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 4:38 PM Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Mark, welcome back!  :-)
>

Hey Mick. Thanks for the welcome.

<SNIP>
> This will take for-ever on larger disks as it will be copying all empty
bits
> and bytes.  Instead you may wish to try clonezilla, or partclone.
>
> https://clonezilla.org/
>
> Clonezilla Live will copy the whole disk or selected partitions along with
> their UUIDs, so Win10 should have no idea it was just migrated.  ;-)
>
> You'll need a USB/eSATA caddy to put your new drive in and connect it to
the
> candidate laptop, or fit both drives in your desktop and perform the
cloning
> there.  Here's the step-by-step instructions you asked for:
>
> https://clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live-doc.php
>
Good point about the amount of time. I'll investigate. If the SSD came up
as activated that would be a big win as it hasn't happened on it's own with
the new install. Thanks!

Cheers,
Mark