I've had great results with dd on several drive upgrades
Hi a and the rest of the mailing list,
There are two ways _I_ would approach this...
The first approach:
If you are wanting to make a backup for all your files, then rysnc is probably the way to go. I typically do this if I want to pick-and-choose which files are put back onto the hard drive. I *also* will do this from a live USB. I don't typically like doing a root backup on a "live" system. I also don't prefer using --exclude since I pick-and-choose what I want to move over. I typically delete the extra stuff once I have set everything up on the new hard drive, tested to make sure everything I use works, then wait about 1 month before I clean off the remaining files. Of course you can always just keep the old hard drive in an ESD bag, and leave it in a safe place. If you need it, you can always mount the drive externally.
rsync -PvvaAXc / /home/a//media/a/6fbdc743-fc0f-46e4-aea3-8160914c34ec/backup_HDDThe second approach:
Clonezilla can be used to take the source device and give it a 1:1 copy on the destination device. You can even copy over the boot/swap partitions to the destination device. This is the fastest way to transfer data from a old hard drive to a new hard drive and have the ability to pick up right where you left off on the old hard drive. I typically go down this route when clients of mine are in a rush to get their computer back ASAP.
Once you have Clonezilla on a USB drive, and have loaded the live USB in the boot manager to your computer, you can follow this tutorial. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41tTudaQb0I&feature=youtu.be&t=10m8s
If you do device-to-device and make sure you copy over all the partitions, you should be able to boot off the SSD right after you're done with Clonezilla.
I hope I answered your question!
Jared
On 5/30/19 5:42 PM, a wrote:
Hi I have ordered a 500G ssd to install my laptop, with my limited knowledge and support devices.(i no need a live disc) My tentative plan follow the Https below transfer to external HDD then reverse the process to the ssd? IN 1.) ( SUDO LINE BELOW FROM; https://www.ostechnix.com/backup-entire-linux-system-using-rsync/) USING THERE SITE EXAMPLE FOLLOWING: $ sudo rsync -aAXv / --exclude={"/dev/*","/proc/*","/sys/*","/tmp/*","/run/*","/mnt/*","/media/*","/lost+found"} /mnt Q.) IS MY DESTINATION CORRECTLY CONFIGURED?. SUBSTITUTING /MNT LAST PART PREVIOUS LINE FOR: /home/a//media/a/6fbdc743-fc0f-46e4-aea3-8160914c34ec/backup_HDD TO GET THE COMPOSITE LINE BELOW: $ sudo rsync -aAXv / --exclude={"/dev/*","/proc/*","/sys/*","/tmp/*","/run/*","/mnt/*","/media/*","/lost+found"} /home/a//media/a/6fbdc743-fc0f-46e4-aea3-8160914c34ec/backup_HDD BEST.a
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