Thread: Need help in cloning HDD

i have 2 500 gb hdd's. 1 seagate(sda) , wd (sdb). i'm using wd win7 , ubuntu 11.10. wish clone hdd image new seagate 500 gb hdd. output of sudo fdisk -l is:

code:

:~$ sudo fdisk -l  disk /dev/sda: 500.1 gb, 500106780160 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976771055 sectors units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes i/o size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes disk identifier: 0x00000000  disk /dev/sda doesn't contain valid partition table  disk /dev/sdb: 500.1 gb, 500106780160 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976771055 sectors units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes i/o size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes disk identifier: 0x000b19ed     device boot      start         end      blocks   id  system /dev/sdb1   *          63   104326109    52163023+   7  hpfs/ntfs/exfat /dev/sdb2       104326110   413561294   154617592+   7  hpfs/ntfs/exfat /dev/sdb3       413561295   679806539   133122622+   7  hpfs/ntfs/exfat /dev/sdb4       679806601   976769023   148481211+   5  extended /dev/sdb5       679806603   875124809    97659103+   7  hpfs/ntfs/exfat /dev/sdb6       894740480   898643967     1951744   82  linux swap / solaris /dev/sdb7       875126784   894738431     9805824   83  linux /dev/sdb8       898646016   976769023    39061504   83  linux  partition table entries not in disk order

please guide me through process.

posted ashwinrao

i have 2 500 gb hdd's. 1 seagate(sda) , wd (sdb). i'm using wd win7 , ubuntu 11.10. wish clone hdd image new seagate 500 gb hdd. output of sudo fdisk -l is:

code:

:~$ sudo fdisk -l  disk /dev/sda: 500.1 gb, 500106780160 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976771055 sectors units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes i/o size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes disk identifier: 0x00000000  disk /dev/sda doesn't contain valid partition table  disk /dev/sdb: 500.1 gb, 500106780160 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976771055 sectors units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes i/o size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes disk identifier: 0x000b19ed     device boot      start         end      blocks   id  system /dev/sdb1   *          63   104326109    52163023+   7  hpfs/ntfs/exfat /dev/sdb2       104326110   413561294   154617592+   7  hpfs/ntfs/exfat /dev/sdb3       413561295   679806539   133122622+   7  hpfs/ntfs/exfat /dev/sdb4       679806601   976769023   148481211+   5  extended /dev/sdb5       679806603   875124809    97659103+   7  hpfs/ntfs/exfat /dev/sdb6       894740480   898643967     1951744   82  linux swap / solaris /dev/sdb7       875126784   894738431     9805824   83  linux /dev/sdb8       898646016   976769023    39061504   83  linux  partition table entries not in disk order

please guide me through process.

assume sda new seagate drive, given sda empty. guess want clone sdb sda. here how done through command line. suggest use computer @ least 4 gb of ram.

should done livecd of ubuntu (i find faster if use usb drive ubuntu on it).

code:

sudo dd if=/dev/sdb of=/dev/sda bs=32m conv=notrunc,noerror

"if"means input file, "of" means output file never confuse these or lost wanted clone!!!!!! can check progress following command (run command in new terminal window):

code:

pgrep -l '^dd$'

give id code (the number in output), run command:

code:

kill -usr1  xxxxx

use number pgrep out put in place of xxxxx. in original window dd command run output amount of copied bytes. when command finished output more info in same fashion kill command.

don't until 100% sure doing, going happen, , have set correctly. if mess can/will lose everything.

alphaa

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