[kwlug-disc] Copying a Windows 7 partition to a new disk

[CrankyOldBugger]

The general rule of thumb for dual booting is to install Windows first,
then Linux as Linux handles Windows better than Windows handles Linux.  So
if you used whatever method of moving just the Windows partition over, or
the whole drive using Colin's dd method, then you went ahead and did a wipe
and load on the Linux side, theoretically you should be good to go.

On Wed, 30 Mar 2016 at 13:58 Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:

> That is interesting.
>
> But it is cleaner to re-install Linux, that way hibernate will work
> without the multi-step futzing I had to do in the past to put the
> parititon IDs in various places.
>
> What about the Windows part?
>
> On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 1:45 PM, Colin Mackay <zixiekat at gmail.com> wrote:
> > My first thought was to use 'dd' to just duplicate the entire drive...
> Not
> > sure if the new disk is the same size as the old.  If it's larger, you'll
> > end up with some unused space and could extend the Linux partition.  Then
> > just modify /etc/fstab to remove the /home folder entry, then copy your
> home
> > folder over as you mentioned.
>
>
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