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

[Colin Mackay]

As long as you don't futz with the original disk, or dd it to an image, you
can try anything you like.  As Cranky mentioned, Windows migrations can be
a royal pain.  My initial reaction, before I thought of 'dd' was the
default: reinstall Windows.  *ack pfft!*



On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 1:56 PM, 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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