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Question

how do i clone a external hardrive to another external hardr

Sep 30, 2014 8:02AM PDT

I have two external hardrives one full one empty,want to clone the full one to the empty one.

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We have ways.
Sep 30, 2014 8:04AM PDT

In Linux I'd use dd.

On many PC's I booted and did that with CLONEZILLA.
Bob

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Re: clone a drive
Sep 30, 2014 8:05AM PDT

Clonezilla is an open source program that does this, and there are clear instructions to be found on the web. So that might be a way.

Kees