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Originally Posted by poogles_uk
I have now got a maxtor diamond max 80gb hard drive for me snap server 2200.
Which is the best way to do the upgrade? I.e. clone the original drive? Or something else? As there has been many ways to do it.
Sam
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Doing the clone has always worked seamlessly for me (using clone-n-recover as in post #41 on this thread) - but it does take quite some time! Some people have mentioned cloning just the first 50000 blocks, but I suppose the exact size might vary depending upon which version of the OS people are using, not having tried it myself (post #95). Chip (post #63) also suggested copying out sectors 0-4096, he used Diskprobe to make a backup image for future cloning purposes.
Having come across this forum well before anyone ever mentioned dolly.exe I haven't tried it, is it easier to use than clone-n-recover (which is very straightforward)? Of course all of these methods are dos based, Linux being a bit beyond a simple soul like me ...