Re: backing up a drive

Micha Feigin wrote:

I want to make an exact backup of a hard drive (copy one drive to another). It
contains a program who's copy protection checks changes to the system so unless
I can restore it exactly the program will stop running (it's a veterinary
clinic software so I don't think that there is a free alternative)

Thanks




Sometimes that is not enough. Some programs also check things such as CPU ID, and other serial numbers.

"dd" or "cat" is probably sufficient, but you will get a file that is the SAME size as the HDD.

So, I would get another HDD that is *exactly* equal or larger, and use the actual hard disc as the destination file. (ie, /dev/hdd)

(Could someone else please confirm this?)


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