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ssl6

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From: Ottawa, ON, CA

Registered: 2007-08-30

Posts: 594

hard drive clone

any suggestions on a linux alternative to hex workshop for cloning a hard drive to another by sectors? just a raw copy

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vogt

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From: Toronto, Canada

Registered: 2006-11-25

Posts: 389

Re: hard drive clone

dd makes raw copies.

edit: dd if=/dev/sdsource of=/dev/sdout
will get the job done: Be careful not to mix up if and of

Last edited by vogt (2008-01-05 02:49:48)

kishd

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Registered: 2006-06-14

Posts: 401

Re: hard drive clone

This may be of interest to you.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/ans … ng_With_DD

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ssl6

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From: Ottawa, ON, CA

Registered: 2007-08-30

Posts: 594

Re: hard drive clone

k, well, i'm trying it now, i need to copy my xbox hard drive, thats why i need something that wil just copy the raw data cuz it won't recognize the filesystem obviously

hopefully this works, no good tools for this job, only one i have, makes an image, and i dont have 160gb free space anywhere for an image. tried hex workshop on a windows box last night, but it freezes the second i hit ok to start copying the drives, stupid

otherwise, any suggestions on a hex/disk editor? dd seems to be working so far, but if i had a program to check that they match up, would be nice

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byte

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From: Düsseldorf (DE)

Registered: 2006-05-01

Posts: 2,046

Re: hard drive clone

You could use md5sum, it works on files and raw block devices. A proper dd image should always be binary identical and thus give the same digest for source and destination.

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ssl6

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From: Ottawa, ON, CA

Registered: 2007-08-30

Posts: 594

Re: hard drive clone

ok, well, the DD image seems to have worked, did some more research, and thats what linux guys have been using to clone xbox drives, now im having a different problem. gonna try a different method of prepping my 320gb drive. found a linux made just for it. trying to keep this linux bound, use to do it in windoze, but now that MS has screwed me on 2 jobs, i'm no longer just using linux as a preference.

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