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How do I clone a SSD with Fedora 43 on a BTRFS partition to a SSD in an external case. I have tried using this command: dd if=/dev/nvme0n1 of=/dev/sda bs=1M However, despite dd completing ...
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using System Rescue CD v. 10.00, I made a copy with fsarchiver of a windows 2000 installation which I have now to restore on another hard disk. The restore went fine, but when I try to boot it I get ...
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Time to upgrade the laptop. On my current one I run Windows 11 alongside Ubuntu. I want/need to keep my current SSD. My current SSD layout is like so: Device Start End Sectors ...
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I recently bought a new M.2 SSD to replace an old SATA SSD as my computers (Windows 10) C: drive. In order to set it up as the C: drive I followed a load of online resources and completed the ...
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This is a fair bit more complicated than I can summarize in the title, so bear with me. [pic of final partition structure at the bottom] I started with an MBR hard drive with dual booting Win7 and ...
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I have an HP Envy 17 laptop that's going back to the manufacturer for warranty repair. Note: As the laptop is being repaired because it won't charge or power on, I cannot boot into it. Also, I was ...
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Yesterday I decided to clone my old, dying 1TB HDD (it had bad sectors showing up) to a new 2TB drive. Both are MBR, and I'm on BIOS. I used OpenSuperClone via OSC-Live for the process (cuz of the bad ...
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I was attempting to system clone a BTRFS filesystem from a set of 4TB drives in RAID1 BTRFS to a set of 12TB drives in RAID1 BTRFS using instructions from here: How to copy a btrfs filesystem I used ...
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I need to install Windows on 200 Lenovo ThinkPad T460 and 200 Lenovo ThinkPad T470 laptops, which will then be delivered to various countries in Africa. These PCs are used and require a check of their ...
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I need help understanding what identifying information on a cloned hard drive needs to be changed in order to remove any trace back to the original hard drive. I would think the IP address and MAC ...
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Note: It is working Fine on M1 machine. I've been encountering difficulties with my bootable external drive on my Apple Silicon Mac. I've tried creating the bootable drive using ASR, Carbon Copy ...
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Is the Lenovo model U430 touchscreen come with a 32 or a 64 bit processor?
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Current M.2 drive with a Windows 10 install is 128GB. New M.2 drive is 1TB. I only have one M.2 slot. Question: If I clone the old drive to an external hard drive that is 2TB, will it cause any issues ...
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Current old failing disk: micron c400 512gb 2.5" SATA III Main and only boot device on Dell XPS L521X 15" running Windows 10 Pro. BSODs and boot failures every few weeks due to bad sectors. ...
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I installed a new Kingston nvme m.2 ssd to my hp 15da2014TX laptop. My old drive is an HDD. Both drives are 1TB. I want to clear the Kingston drive but, I am afraid to do it because I can't ...
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