XLR Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 I have two 500GB HD's: one empty and one has SL and Win7 installed on 2 partitions. Is it possible to copy all the data from one HD to another, including all partitions and bootloader? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/221229-is-it-possible-to-clone-an-entire-hd-with-all-partitions/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoLL Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 I have two 500GB HD's: one empty and one has SL and Win7 installed on 2 partitions.Is it possible to copy all the data from one HD to another, including all partitions and bootloader? dd if=/dev/diskA of=/dev/diskB should run under Linux and normally OSX, if the HD are "geometrically identic".... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/221229-is-it-possible-to-clone-an-entire-hd-with-all-partitions/#findComment-1489389 Share on other sites More sharing options...
XLR Posted June 15, 2010 Author Share Posted June 15, 2010 What you mean "geometrically identic"? They're both the same size, both are Hitachi, but different models. Should this command copy everything from diskA to diskB including bootloader and EFI partition? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/221229-is-it-possible-to-clone-an-entire-hd-with-all-partitions/#findComment-1489421 Share on other sites More sharing options...
XLR Posted June 16, 2010 Author Share Posted June 16, 2010 I did it with Clonezilla Live CD, it took ages but it copied everything. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/221229-is-it-possible-to-clone-an-entire-hd-with-all-partitions/#findComment-1490372 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smith@@™ Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 With hd clone, it's perfect;) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/221229-is-it-possible-to-clone-an-entire-hd-with-all-partitions/#findComment-1490423 Share on other sites More sharing options...
valv Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 for disk-level replications, DRBD seems to be a good choice too. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/221229-is-it-possible-to-clone-an-entire-hd-with-all-partitions/#findComment-1490443 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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