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Struggling to clone an ssd using dd
I despair by the attempt to clone an ssd.
Have two nvme ssds and 2 adapter to mount them via usb, thought a simple dd like
dd if=/dev/sdb of=/dev/sdc bs=8M count=64000
would clone it, but it doesn't.
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how to clone sd card without mbr with ubuntu?
I clone an sd card (32Go) and I copy it to a sd card of different size (64Go).
I use those commands:
sudo dd if=/dev/sdc of=Debian.img status=progress
sudo dd if=Debian.img of=/dev/sdc status=progress
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Clone drive target hardware decision
I am planning to clone the 1TB drive of a PC which has operational importance for a project. Right now, only 22GB of the drive is utilized and I have a 32GB flash drive that I may use for cloning ...
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How to copy and restore to smaller partition
I want to copy a partition from hd to another with small partition.
Must be:
support ext4 file system
can create image file for later use.
compress images files
copy only the used file system
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Backup without free space in not recognized partition [duplicate]
I am trying to make a complete backup of an HDD partition to /dev/sdd (100gb), but I want to only take the contained data (50gb).
I can't access the internal data in the HDD for putting zeros with dd ...
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What is the best way to clone HDD partitions of differences sizes? [duplicate]
I have two HDDs: the first of 150gb (/dev/sdc) with 30gb in use, the second of 100gb (/dev/sdd). There are sdc1 and sdd1 partitions with the same format.
I want to clone the 30gb from the first disk ...
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Cloning 16Gb USB Lubuntu drive to 16Gb Micro SD card - "no space left on device"
I am trying to clone a persistent Lubuntu 16.10 installation on a 16Gb Sandisk USB memory stick to a Sandisk 16Gb Micro SD card. I did this:
dd if=/dev/sdb of=sdimage.img bs=4M
dd if=sdimage.img of=/...
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Cloning multiple partitions in Ubuntu
I am attempting to clone multiple partitions with either Clonezilla or dd without cloning the whole drive which consists of:
A boot partition
A home partition
Seen below is the original installation ...
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How to clone Ubuntu into same machine with new partion?
In my computer, I want more space for Ubuntu. And for it don't like to format my Ubuntu. How can I copy everything from present Ubuntu and copy everything with user settings etc into other drive? copy ...
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What is the best way to clone a disk?
My guess is that dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb bs=4096 will work out well for me. I have some concerns though:
What is the ideal bs size?
Is it advisable to use a live cd? I simply don't want to include ...
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Create System Image(Steps to clone all partitions)
I would like to create an image file of my system and then load that file and get my system back, as it is right now.
The reason I am asking that, is that I would like to upgrade my laptop's hard ...
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Cloning a hard disk or creating a backup
I am changing my hard disk because in Ubuntu it shows "Disk Failure is Imminent". Which option is better:
Should I clone my hard disk with new one or
Should I create a backup using Ubuntu Backup and ...
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How can I quickly copy a GPT partition scheme from one hard drive to another?
On a non GPT partition table I can do
sfdisk -d /dev/sda | sfdisk /dev/sdb.
But sfdisk doesn't support GPT partition tables. What can I use instead?
I'm looking for a one or two command solution, ...
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