[ltp] Re: How to replace HD Was: Replace HD; T41p

[Eben King]

On Mon, 30 Aug 2004, Theodore Ts'o wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 30, 2004 at 05:34:01PM +1000, Daniel Pittman wrote:
> > 
> > > Now, the question is a bit different. Just say that I have my 7200 RPM 80
> > > GB HD in hand. What should I do in order of preference to do replace my
> > > old HD?
> > 
> > The best option: start the old laptop, run your backup process, swap the
> > hard disks, then restore the backup to the new hardware.
> > 
> > Of course, if you don't have a bare metal recovery process then option
> > two is to obtain a 2.5" to 3.5" IDE adapter (or two).  This allows you
> > to plug a laptop IDE disk into a standard desktop IDE cable -- it is
> > only the size of the connector that varies.
> 
> Another approach that works well is to get an Ultrabay adapter (about
> $45), and put the new disk into the Ultrabay adapter, and then put
> resulting package into your Thinkpad (assuming you have T, R, or A
> series) or into the Thinkpad Dock/Mediaslice (if you have an X
> series).
> 
> You can then transfer the data directly from one system to another,
> either via an image copy (i.e., dd, or dd_rescue),

I wouldn't recommend dd etc. if the drives are different sizes, unless you 
use them on same-size partitions.

> or via a filesystem-level copy (i.e., cp -r or tar/untar combination).

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