[Ham-Computers] How to back up a HD

[paul]

Jim Isbell, W5JAI wrote:

>I was hoping there would be some similar function in XP so I wouldnt
>have to buy more software??
>
>I have moved on to Linux where everything is easier and FREE but this
>is for my wifes computer so I dont like spending money, no more than
>she uses it.
>  
>

if you can pput the drives into your  linux box simply
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dd if=/dev/sdb of=/dev/sdc &

I can't think of any reason why you couldn't do this if
your machine could already 'see' these disks (i.e. the
2 computers are networked).

Sadly, you won't be able to do this if the source drive is
NTFS formatted.

P.




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