[nfbcs] Maybe OT: questions re: cloning drives

[I. C. Bray]

That command will not copy  MBR, or any other partitioning information 
usually REQUIRED to boot from the SSD.

I suggest finding a copy of Macrium Reflect.
THAT WILL copy the partition in RAW format and WILL be literally a 
TRANSPLANTABLE drive

Ian



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nicole Torcolini" <ntorcolini at wavecable.com>
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: In that case, yes. Just use the command prompt:
: Cp -f -r oldlocation newlocation
: I do this when I am trying to make a complete backup of my harddrive. It
: will skip files if they are in use or otherwise inaccessible.
:
: -----Original Message-----
: From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Fjelsted
: Sent: Friday, November 29, 2013 11:30 AM
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:
: SSD stands for ("solid state disk drive").
: I.E., flash drive.
:
: -Kevin
: On Nov 29, 2013, at 1:23 PM, Nicole Torcolini <ntorcolini at wavecable.com>
: wrote:
:
: > What do you mean by an ssd?
: >
: > -----Original Message-----
: > From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
: > Littlefield, Tyler
: > Sent: Friday, November 29, 2013 10:51 AM
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: > Subject: [nfbcs] Maybe OT: questions re: cloning drives
: >
: > Hi all:
: > I've had an ssd sitting in my desktop for a while now, and I'm really
: > sad at the fact that I haven't had time to look into switching to it.
: > i was hoping someone could offer some suggestions. I have about 50 gb
: > used after I did my cleanup on my main drive, so I can move everything
: > over easy enough--I just wasn't sure if there was an easy/accessible
: > way to copy everything (including mbr/etc) Thanks,
: >
: > --
: > Take care,
: > Ty
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