On Monday 20 March 2006 14:24, Star King of the Grape Trees wrote: > 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?)
That perfectly describes dd's usage. -- Paul Johnson Email and IM (XMPP & Google Talk): [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jabber: Because it's time to move forward http://ursine.ca/Ursine:Jabber -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
