[ale] OT: Copying a complete hard drive

[Mark Angeli]

The problem arises that he's going to be copying XP.
By default XP wants a NTFS partition, and I wouldn't recommend using
linux to create or write to that partition.

I'd probably use ghost (Norton)

And just ghost the drive.

On Mon, 2004-10-18 at 23:46, Kenneth W Cochran wrote:
> >Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 23:34:21 -0400 (EDT)
> >From: "John Wells" <lists at sourceillustrated.com>
> >To: ale at ale.org
> >Subject: [ale] OT: Copying a complete hard drive
> >
> >Guys,
> >
> >I have a desktop with a Windows XP hard drive and would like to transfer
> >the entire drive to a laptop.  The laptop has a 40GB hard drive, and the
> >XP machine has a 20GB hard drive.  I can safely overwrite all data on the
> >laptop drive.
> >
> >With as little ridicule as you can manage (hey...it's for work), is there
> >any easy or creative way to accomplish this with open tools?  If not, any
> >way to do it with commercial tools?
> >
> >Thanks for the help!
> >
> >John
> 
> Network the machines (e.g. via a crossover cable), enable
> filesharing on one, map the drive on the other and copy to
> your heart's content.  :)
> 
> Windows on both machines can (naturally) do this, as can
> (as another example) Knoppix, at least for the "client" end.
> 
> I did this exact thing a couple of days ago & can attest to
> its working.  Fast too.
> 
> -kc
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