-
Welcome to TechPowerUp Forums, Guest! Please check out our forum guidelines for info related to our community.
Software to partition-clone and *verify*? (Win or Linux)
- Thread starter nageme
- Start date
- Joined
- Mar 18, 2023
- Messages
- 1,053 (1.33/day)
| System Name | Never trust a socket with less than 2000 pins |
|---|
The cmp(1) utility also works on raw devices:
dd if=/dev/sda of=diskimage
cmp /dev/sda diskimage
dd if=/dev/sda of=diskimage
cmp /dev/sda diskimage
- Joined
- Aug 19, 2024
- Messages
- 741 (2.72/day)
- Location
- Texas, USA
| System Name | Obliterator |
|---|---|
| Processor | Ryzen 7 7700x PBO |
| Motherboard | ASRock x670e Steel Legend |
| Cooling | Noctua NH-D15 G2 LBC |
| Memory | G.skill Trident Z5 Neo 6000@CL30 |
| Video Card(s) | ASRock rx7900 GRE Steel Legend |
| Storage | 2 x 2TB Samsung 990 pro nmve ssd 2 X 4TB Samsung 870 evo sata ssd 1 X 18TB WD Gold sata hdd |
| Display(s) | LG 27GN750-B |
| Case | Fractal Torrent |
| Audio Device(s) | Klipsch promedia heritage 2.1 |
| Power Supply | FSP Hydro TI 1000w |
| Mouse | SteelSeries Prime+ |
| Keyboard | Lenovo SK-8825 (L) |
| Software | Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 21H2 / Windows 11 Enterprise LTSC 24H2 with multiple flavors of VM |
I guess my question would be, what verification are you seeking that cannot be done with fsck, sha1sum, and/or md5sum?
fsck and hash it before transfer, fsck and hash it after. If its clean and hashes match, what other verification do you need?
Doesn't really matter what software you move the data with, especially 1:1.....could just use dd.
fsck and hash it before transfer, fsck and hash it after. If its clean and hashes match, what other verification do you need?
Doesn't really matter what software you move the data with, especially 1:1.....could just use dd.
Last edited:
johnspack
Here For Good!
- Joined
- Oct 6, 2007
- Messages
- 6,071 (0.94/day)
- Location
- Nelson B.C. Canada
| System Name | System2 Blacknet , System1 Blacknet2 |
|---|---|
| Processor | System2 Threadripper 1920x, System1 2699 v3 |
| Motherboard | System2 Asrock Fatality x399 Professional Gaming, System1 Asus X99-A |
| Cooling | System2 Noctua NH-U14 TR4-SP3 Dual 140mm fans, System1 AIO |
| Memory | System2 64GBS DDR4 3000, System1 32gbs DDR4 2400 |
| Video Card(s) | System2 GTX 980Ti System1 GTX 970 |
| Storage | System2 4x SSDs + NVme= 2.250TB 2xStorage Drives=8TB System1 3x SSDs=2TB |
| Display(s) | 1x27" 1440 display 1x 24" 1080 display |
| Case | System2 Some Nzxt case with soundproofing... |
| Audio Device(s) | Asus Xonar U7 MKII |
| Power Supply | System2 EVGA 750 Watt, System1 XFX XTR 750 Watt |
| Mouse | Logitech G900 Chaos Spectrum |
| Keyboard | Ducky |
| Software | Archlinux, Manjaro, Win11 Ent 24h2 |
| Benchmark Scores | It's linux baby! |
There is literally nothing that can go wrong with dd like copying, unless you have bad cables, drives ect. And you can always test it afterwards and see if it boots and everything works.
Just DO IT!
Just DO IT!
- Joined
- Jul 5, 2013
- Messages
- 30,833 (7.11/day)
I'm presuming that was a reply to me? I'm not sure where it's documented, I know how it works because of the errors I've seen trying to image to/from drives with errors/problems. If a sector copy fails a verify, it alerts the user. Efficient or not, it gets the job done and very well.
- Joined
- Jan 14, 2019
- Messages
- 15,993 (6.91/day)
- Location
- Midlands, UK
| System Name | My second and third PCs are Intel + Nvidia |
|---|---|
| Processor | AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D @ 45 W TDP Eco Mode |
| Motherboard | MSi Pro B650M-A Wifi |
| Cooling | be quiet! Shadow Rock LP |
| Memory | 2x 24 GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6000 CL36 |
| Video Card(s) | PowerColor Reaper Radeon RX 9070 XT |
| Storage | 2 TB Corsair MP600 GS, 4 TB Seagate Barracuda |
| Display(s) | Dell S3422DWG 34" 1440 UW 144 Hz |
| Case | Corsair Crystal 280X |
| Audio Device(s) | Logitech Z333 2.1 speakers, AKG Y50 headphones |
| Power Supply | 750 W Seasonic Prime GX |
| Mouse | Logitech MX Master 2S |
| Keyboard | Logitech G413 SE |
| Software | Bazzite (Fedora Linux) KDE Plasma |
I've been using EaseUS for years now, but for some reason it won't clone the built-in Windows 10 drive on my netbook (I want to swap it for Linux without losing a legit copy), so I'll try Acronis now.
On Linux, you've got a built-in tool (at least with KDE) called KDE Partition Manager which can copy and back up partitions, although I'm not sure if it does it bit-by-bit, and it doesn't do whole drives.
On Linux, you've got a built-in tool (at least with KDE) called KDE Partition Manager which can copy and back up partitions, although I'm not sure if it does it bit-by-bit, and it doesn't do whole drives.
- Joined
- Jul 5, 2013
- Messages
- 30,833 (7.11/day)
Gparted does. Sector-by-sector copies. It's a terminal based utility, but it gets the job done.
- Joined
- May 10, 2023
- Messages
- 897 (1.21/day)
- Location
- Brazil
| Processor | 5950x |
|---|---|
| Motherboard | B550 ProArt |
| Cooling | Fuma 2 |
| Memory | 4x32GB 3200MHz Corsair LPX |
| Video Card(s) | 2x RTX 3090 |
| Display(s) | LG 42" C2 4k OLED |
| Power Supply | XPG Core Reactor 850W |
| Software | I use Arch btw |
Gparted does have a GUI, and I can recommend it as well.
Aren't you thinking of parted? It's the CLI tool that Gparted uses underneath.
- Joined
- Jul 5, 2013
- Messages
- 30,833 (7.11/day)
Gparted itself, yes, but the drive copy utility included with the Gparted live drive is terminal based.
Last edited:
- Joined
- May 10, 2023
- Messages
- 897 (1.21/day)
- Location
- Brazil
| Processor | 5950x |
|---|---|
| Motherboard | B550 ProArt |
| Cooling | Fuma 2 |
| Memory | 4x32GB 3200MHz Corsair LPX |
| Video Card(s) | 2x RTX 3090 |
| Display(s) | LG 42" C2 4k OLED |
| Power Supply | XPG Core Reactor 850W |
| Software | I use Arch btw |
Then it's likely parted you're talking about, or some other tool like dd or fdisk, not gparted itself, just to clear things out.
- Joined
- Jul 5, 2013
- Messages
- 30,833 (7.11/day)
To remind myself, just booted up the USB drive I use and it turns out I was thinking of PartedMagic, which contains Gparted. It has the utility I was thinking of included, Clonezilla, which is a terminal based utility. It's been a little while..
PartedMagic - Partitioning, Cloning, Rescue, and Erasing.
PartedMagic - Inexpensive and easy to use Disk Partitioning, Disk Cloning, Data Rescue & Recovery, Disk Erasing, and Benchmarking software.
partedmagic.com
For most users familiar with Windows, AOMEI or EaseUS would be easier to use.
Last edited:
- Joined
- Jan 18, 2021
- Messages
- 245 (0.16/day)
| Processor | Core i7-12700 |
|---|---|
| Motherboard | MSI B660 MAG Mortar |
| Cooling | Noctua NH-D15 |
| Memory | G.Skill Ripjaws V 64GB (4x16) DDR4-3600 CL16 @ 3466 MT/s |
| Video Card(s) | AMD RX 6800 |
| Storage | Too many to list, lol |
| Display(s) | Gigabyte M27Q |
| Case | Fractal Design Define R5 |
| Power Supply | Corsair RM750x |
| Mouse | Too many to list, lol |
| Keyboard | Keychron low profile |
| Software | Fedora, Mint |
You can clone disks in a linux live environment with the dd command. I've done it several times myself. I've also heard good things about Clonezilla.
No need to use paid third party software, if you don't want to.
EDIT: let me add an important point that my link appears to gloss over. Here's a better link, from the brilliant Archwiki. If you're cloning reasonably fast disks, then dd's default block size of 512 bytes might suck. You can raise the block size using the 'bs' argument, like so:
Code:
dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb status=progress bs=64K(where "if" is your input device, and "of" is the output. "status=progress" simply keeps you in the loop during the process.)
Last edited: