I have Ubuntu to load on boot, but how do I clone a drive?

Question

After some futzing around, I have created a flash drive that will load up to a Ubuntu OS. I did this because I want to clone a drive to an external hard drive. I will then be able to place the clone onto another computer. However, I have been unsuccessful in locating a program that performs the clone. Should I be using the "dd" command from a prompt? If so, how do I get to the prompt. Is there another utility that I should have downloaded? Is there a utility available that I can locate with the basic OS? Thanks in advance for your consideration.

Answer 1

You can get a prompt by using the "Terminal" program. (If you're using pre-unity Ubuntu it's probably in Accessories.)



Yes, dd is an easy option but you will need to tweak it so that it runs to completion in sensible time. Something like this, which will copy the entire /dev/sda disk to the /dev/sdb disk.



dd bs=1M if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb



If you get the two disks named in the wrong order you will irrecoverably overwrite the wrong disk. (if=input, of=output)

Answer 2

hi, do the subsequent steps to load xp by using default, initially in the grub menu see in which xp is in function meaning is it 2d or third in the record. Now load into Ubuntu Linux and flow to ur terminal and form: sudo nano /boot/grub/menu.lst Now precise the following evaluate that Grub boot loader begins counting from 0. in the default line, massive difference it to the quantity in which xp is for representation if Xp is third in the record then massive difference 0 to 2 on condition that GRUB counts from 0. I desire I helped. strong success!

Answer 3

clonezilla is a free disk cloner, pretty easy and quick



http://clonezilla.org/



you can run it from a live cd or usb