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Archive hard drive

Asked by George Brewer

Have a dual-boot x86, XP on one drive. Ubuntu on second. I need to swap out the failing XP drive. I would like to archive the Ubuntu drive, replace the XP drive, then restore Ubuntu. Am not afraid of the command line, but am getting either too little or too much information on switches to successfully complete this.

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George Brewer (geofbrewer) said : 		#1

Forgot to mention, using 10.4, Lucid.

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Jeruvy (jeruvy) said : 		#2

So lets assume your setup is as such:

hda: First hard disk
hda1: XP

hdb: Second hard disk
hdb1: Ubuntu

I would assume (but you should confirm) that hda would have you grub boot, and the second hard disk doesn't.

So, you would need to pull both disks out. Replace hda, reinstall windows. Install hdb, boot to livecd install grub and then confirm it works.

You probably wouldn't have to back up the ubuntu drive in this scenario, but its alway the right thing to do.

So, where were you running into problems, you didn't really say?

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George Brewer (geofbrewer) said : 		#3

Thanks, but I should clarify. My problems are: 1) a failing hard drive, 2) I wish to archive Ubuntu for a later reinstall. Having worked tech support, I can perform the steps you have listed with out serious difficulty. My desire is to archive Ubuntu. It is the sticking point in my progress. I have researched the archive process and either find too little information or too much. I'm looking for a simple explanation, with examples, " /dev/source /dev/destination (switches)". I know I will need to operate from the command line with superuser privileges. Most "Archive Mangers" I've seen so far assume one wants to archives files or folders. I was just hoping to save some time putting the system back together. It seems a clean install will provide the efficiency I thought I could achieve otherwise.

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