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

[Khalid Baheyeldin]

I would reinstall Windows, since that is also the cleanest approach.
Except that laptop came with Vista (or something that ancient) and we
have no media for it. It was upgraded to Windows 7 a while back, and
the key is not written anywhere.

On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 2:21 PM, Colin Mackay <zixiekat at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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