On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 6:14 AM, Jordon Bedwell <jor...@envygeeks.com>wrote:
> On 7/18/2010 7:20 AM, John Lindsay wrote: > > I am currently using debian lenny as my primary computer. It's a Dell > > Dimension 8300, P4, 3.4G with 1G Ram. 60G HD. > > I also have a Dell Optiplex GX620 which currently has win7 on a 300G HD > > with 1.5g ram. I will be removing files from the win7 and storing them > > on DVDs and installing Debian on it. How can I clone/transfer my current > > working machine with all it's files/programs like thunderbird/iceweasel > > etc to the GX520 and still retain a working system? > > > > John > > > > PS I have file backup manager 'Pybackpack' currently running but I don't > > think that is what I want. > > > > > > Backup Windows first, put the old HD into the new computer, boot up to > Linux (you might have to edit Grub at this point) then dd the MBR to the > new drive on the new computer, then sync the rest of the drive either > using rsync, copy or dd. Then move the HD's back in their original > places and edit grub again. > Or you could just use Clonezilla.
