[14.04 64Bit] - Best Method To Clone A 1TB Hard Drive In Kubuntu?

[Jesse Palser]

Hi,

I tried some suggestions, nothing really worked ok.
(booted CloneZilla CD - but it said clone would take > 27 hours?)
(my desktop boots in UEFI mode, not sure if that is problem for 
CloneZilla CD)

I gave up and just formatted the HDD and did select all & copy/paste.
(to copy/paste 720GB of data took only 4 hours)

Thanks though for your help.

Jesse



On 05/01/2014 04:46 AM, Felix Miata wrote:
> On 2014-05-01 10:23 (GMT+0200) Ralf Mardorf composed:
>
>> On Thu, 2014-05-01 at 04:07 -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
>
>>> On 2014-05-01 04:00 (GMT-0400) Jesse Palser composed:
>
>>> > Can someone recommend a program to copy HDD with a progress bar?
>
>>> http://partedmagic.com/ (free)
>
>> Parted magic isn't a program, it's a Linux live media that provide
>> common tools. The OP asked for a progress bar, when copying a HDD.
>
> I did not notice him mention whether he's trying to copy the HD he's 
> booted from. If he is, it, or something like it, is what he needs, not 
> something running from the source HD, if in fact he's trying to copy 
> the whole thing rather than unmounted partitions.
>
>> If the OP would use a file browser to copy root directories recursive,
>> possible for Linux installs, when coping a Linux that doesn't run, by
>> another Linux, then there likely would be a progress bar. Assumed the OP
>> needs to make a Windows backup, than the OP anyway is lost, since even
>> dd'ing a Windows wouldn't support to install it on another machine, only
>> restoring to the same machine is possible.
>
>>> http://www.dfsee.com/ (what I use, often)
>
>> I don't know this, but
>
>> "I am a software-engineer with a background in DOS, OS/2
>>    and Windows-NT/XP system programming, system integration
>>    networking, communications and WEB technology as well as
>>    embedded programming on several hardware platforms." -
>
>> http://www.dfsee.com/aboutfsysjvw.php
>
>> is enough for me to avoid it.
>
> Fine for you. I learned it just works over a dozen years ago. And, it 
> works the same no matter what I ever boot (binaries for 5 operating 
> systems), at least it did until HDs grew beyond 2TB. Since I have no 
> HDs >2TB, it does everything I need, and reliably, and without the 
> unwelcome surprises one can encounter when using more than one tool to 
> manipulate any given HD's partition tables.
>
> It's author supports it actively, far more than lip service, by 
> providing among other things custom recovery scripts to undo various 
> forms of damage caused by unwitting users and unruly installation 
> programs.