I think this tool *dd*, resolve your problem. http://www.linuxweblog.com/dd-image
http://www.mckeay.net/2004/10/18/using-dd-to-clone-a-hd/ -- Claudio Bazán. Registered User LINUX #439481 On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 2:39 PM, Jan Willem Stumpel <jstum...@planet.nl>wrote: > My wife's computer which runs ubuntu "heron" made a funny sound > today. I now think it must have come from the hard disk, which is > quite old; the motherboard and cpu are fairly new, however. And > just now the computer became unusable because it could no longer > save any files. /var/log/syslog told about a disk error which > resulted in the disk being remounted read-only. Restarting the > computer caused an fsck, and now the machine works again, but it > is clear that the disk is nearing the end of its life. > > So tomorrow it's off to the computer shop to get a new hard disk. > > Are there any tips on moving the whole system from the old disk to > the new one? Or do I just have to re-install ubuntu, re-install > any updates and extra programs which are installed, find and copy > modified config files, mails, bookmarks, etc? > > Regards, Jan > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > >
