[ltp] Cloning a hard disk?

[Patrick Huber]

I have no idea about Windows tools to clone a disk.

The quickest way is probably booting knoppix or some other linux live cd and 
do the cloning using 'dd' and, if you need to transfer the image over the 
network, 'nc'...

Am Donnerstag, 18. August 2005 11.08 schrieb Jaime Iniesta:
> Hi everybody!
>
> My new Thinkpad R52 comes next monday, I'm going to install Ubuntu on it.
>
> I don't want to make partitions on the hard disk, because I have another 40
> Gb Samsung hard disk. I'm thinking about installing Linux on that Samsung
> hard drive, and leave the IBM hard drive intact, with Windows, so I can
> swap disks whenever I need to use Windows.
>
> But, as I'll mostly use Linux and only get back to Windows few times, I
> thought it would be better to have Linux installed on the IBM hard drive
> (which I guess is better than the second, a Samsung).
>
> So I'm looking for a Windows software that will let me clone the IBM hard
> disk, entirely, with all its partitions and data, onto the Samsung hard
> disk. Then, when I have an exact copy of it, I can wipe off all the
> partitions on the IBM hard drive and install Linux on it. This way I'll use
> the original equipment with Linux, my main OS, and I'll have the
> preinstalled Windows and hidden partitions backuped on the Samsung hard
> drive, ready to use as well.
>
> Do you know what software I can use to clone the disk? I've heard about
> Norton Ghost but there is no free version to download.