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Hi Mark, welcome back! :-) |
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On Monday, 6 January 2020 19:55:44 GMT Michael Jones wrote: |
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> Generally the way I've handled this situation in the past is like so (this |
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> is written from memory, so expect gratuitous problems). |
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> On the machine with the drive attached |
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> mbuffer -i /dev/mydrive | xz -e -9 | mbuffer -O hostname:port |
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> On a machine with storage space |
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> mbuffer -I port -o /path/to/storage.xz |
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> To make a backup. |
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Useful for creating a compressed backup image over the network, but not for |
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cloning. |
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> In terms of cloning windows to another harddrive in general, as long as the |
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> destination harddrive is large enough to fit the original drive without |
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> issues, simply running: |
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> dd if=/dev/original of=/dev/destination |
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> (I prefer dcfldd, personally) |
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This will take for-ever on larger disks as it will be copying all empty bits |
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and bytes. Instead you may wish to try clonezilla, or partclone. |
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https://clonezilla.org/ |
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Clonezilla Live will copy the whole disk or selected partitions along with |
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their UUIDs, so Win10 should have no idea it was just migrated. ;-) |
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You'll need a USB/eSATA caddy to put your new drive in and connect it to the |
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candidate laptop, or fit both drives in your desktop and perform the cloning |
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there. Here's the step-by-step instructions you asked for: |
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https://clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live-doc.php |
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Regards, |
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Mick |