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Default Hard Drive Dock Doubles As Drive Cloning Tool - 11-29-2009, 03:00 | posts: 2,444 | User is Offline
Making a clone of a hard drive isnt something that most people do on a regular basis but it can be a pain when you do find yourself in that position. Its been a while since Ive had to do it but the...

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dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb conv=notrunc,noerror
Cost of drive cloning $0.00
   
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dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb conv=notrunc,noerror
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On an Ubuntu LiveCD for the win.
   
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yeah and when you put a cloned HDD into a new rig?
... hehe i dont even want to think about the exclamation marks in the device manager
   
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dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb conv=notrunc,noerror
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oh ye, i completely forgot about that Linux command lol. Don't you need to sudo it though?

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Can't use that in bigger businesses, it's all about Data De-Duplication these days =)
   
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yeah and when you put a cloned HDD into a new rig?
... hehe i dont even want to think about the exclamation marks in the device manager
Well you wouldnt put a cloned HD into a different rig though would you, I mean it is purely for the rig it came from or an identical one
   
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yeah and when you put a cloned HDD into a new rig?
... hehe i dont even want to think about the exclamation marks in the device manager
We only use it on duplicate machines. You only clone a fully updated (drivers & OS) HDD. Then when you put it in the duplicate rig it's shouldn't have a problem.
   
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