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Solved: Can I use dd to copy a drive to a bigger drive?
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 4:06 am
by mister_v
Hi,
Can I use dd,
to copy a drive to a bigger drive?
And most importantly will it still run?
Thanks
Re: Can I use dd to copy a drive to a bigger drive?
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 6:34 am
by Chris
The short answer is: Yes.
But, the size of you partitions won't change.
You copy a everything from a 40GB drive to a 60GB drive.
There will be a partition of 40GB and 20GB of free unused space.
You'll probably want to change the partition size with Parted Magic, or some other partition manager.
It might be easier to first create a new bigger partition and then copy everything.
Re: Can I use dd to copy a drive to a bigger drive?
Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 3:10 pm
by mister_v
Ok thanks.