Do you have a brand new blank drive, or an old one that needs to be wiped clean and reformatted? No problem, do the disk preparation from Knoppix. First, install the second hard drive. Then boot Knoppix and open a root shell. If there are partitions already on the second disk, simply re-format whatever ones you need. This command displays the existing disk partitions; be sure to use values appropriate for your system:.
This creates a plain-vanilla ext2 filesystem. Of course, you can make it anything you like: ext3, ReiserFS, whatever:. What, no partitions?
So, you can try different options and preview the partition table before committing to any changes. This sequence of commands creates a single partition:.
Hit Enter twice to accept the defaults. Want to delete a partition? So, you can make room to copy your data without losing anything. I like graphical file managers. Click on the icons on the KDE desktop that represent your source drive and the drive you want to copy them to. Each one opens in its own file manager, for fast and easy drag and drop. Be sure to make the destination drive writeable. Make sure no partitions are mounted on either drive. The dd command makes an exact, byte-for-byte copy, including the MBR master boot record :.
How many hard drives are on the system? Search Advanced…. Log in. Trending Search forums. What's new. New posts Latest activity. Clone drive using Knoppix? Thread starter superkdogg Start date Mar 30, Sidebar Sidebar.
Forums Software Operating Systems. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Previous Next. Jul 9, 0 0. My wife's hard drive is one of the older WD's that have the signature "Western Whine" and it's pretty loud. I have been looking into swapping her HDD, but all the free cloning utils suck I found one that looked like it was working, but it said it would take 4 days to complete!
My idea is to boot her system under Knoppix with two hard drives-the current one and the one that I want to swap in. Then could I simply copy everything over?
I'm thinking that since none of the windows files would be protected by knoppix or loaded into memory that it just might work, but I'm sure that there's a reason that it won't. Please fill me in on why this idea won't work or let me know that I can be free of the sound of nails on a chalkboard every time that I walk within 2 rooms of her rig!
Jul 4, 8, 0 0. That sort of thing. This will take a LONG time because even blank space on the first drive will be copied. All the 1's and all the 0's. Similar to a ISO image for a cdrom. The MBR, the partition information, the partitions themselves, everything a exact copy. Locate your files Now that Knoppix has loaded, you must locate the hard drive that contains the files you wish to recover.
Congratulations on rescuing your files! Share this: Twitter Facebook. Like this: Like Loading Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Email required Address never made public. Name required. Loading Comments Email Required Name Required Website. This is a list of some of those functions. Related resource: Linux Use Knoppix to resize partitions for dual-boot installs. These are some of the ways the Knoppix distribution can help you out in a pinch.
With this incredible graphical Live Linux distribution, you can become a serious rescue and recovery ninja. If you have used Knoppix for something other than what I outlined in this post, please share your best tips and tricks for using Knoppix.
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