[Novalug] Moving Software - Laptop HD Upgrade

Igor Birman igor_birman@yahoo.com
Sun May 24 12:16:06 EDT 2009


You should be able to use gparted and copy and paste partitions as long as you can get both drives hooked up at the same time - you can use a usb device like this one:

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?InvtId=2020-OTB&cpc=RECOM

Igor



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From: Roger W. Broseus <rogerb@bronord.com>
To: novalug@calypso.tux.org
Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 12:08:55 PM
Subject: [Novalug] Moving Software - Laptop HD Upgrade

I need to upgrade the HD on my Thinkpad. I've got a dual-boot Ubuntu / 
Window$, including a "hidden" partition at the end of the disk with the 
Win recovery stuff. I'm up-to-date thru SP3 on Win and the thought of 
going thru another install of Win has kept me from doing the upgrade 
(boot, re-boot ad nauseum). (During the last SP install I had to 
un-install software to make room for "temp" files during the install 
process).

I don't believe that a "raw" copy of disk contents will do the trick. 
I've thought of partitioning the drive in a fashion similar to what I 
have now, albeit with larger partitions, and copying the contents to the 
new drive sitting in an external housing, then, putting that into my 
Laptop. I'm guessing that I'd have to boot from a Linux CD to get  to 
grub and install info on the MBR.

Thoughts based on experience? HD recommendations - a faster drive would 
be nice (SATA's too new for this beast).

Roger W. Broseus - Linux User
    Email: RogerB@bronord.com
    Web Site: www.bronord.com

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