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How to move to new SSD without reinstall?

Posted: 2019/11/08 02:39:31
by benyaminl
Hello, I want to change and swap my SSD with the bigger one, is there anyway to move the whole disk to new one without reinstalling? I heard about DD and rsync but still I don't satisfied with the answer provided all over internet. Maybe can someone told me about or give short explanation about what should I do. Thanks!

Re: How to move to new SSD without reinstall?

Posted: 2019/11/08 05:54:58
by jlehtone

Re: How to move to new SSD without reinstall?

Posted: 2019/11/08 11:08:18
by desertcat
jlehtone wrote:
2019/11/08 05:54:58
I'd say Clonezilla. See https://www.clonezilla.org/clonezilla-u ... -usage.php
One caveat: The drive needs to be at least the same size or larger.

Re: How to move to new SSD without reinstall?

Posted: 2019/11/08 12:55:12
by BShT
you can DD then expand

Re: How to move to new SSD without reinstall?

Posted: 2019/11/08 14:56:14
by jlehtone
desertcat wrote:
2019/11/08 11:08:18
One caveat: The drive needs to be at least the same size or larger.
Irrelevant for OP, who wants to change to larger disk.


Besides, with unshrinkable XFS no image copy method works.

Re: How to move to new SSD without reinstall?

Posted: 2019/11/09 15:39:03
by anthonynorth
+1 for clonezilla. I've used DD in the past but clonezilla makes it much easier.