OT: cloning or imaging a new hard drive

[GCC Consulting]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: filepro-list-bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com
> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com] On
> Behalf Of Jay Ashworth
> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 9:42 AM
> To: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: Re: OT: cloning or imaging a new hard drive
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Richard Kreiss" <rkreiss at verizon.net>
> 
> > Will check this out. However, the laptop OS is Windows7 Pro.
> 
> I too am fond of Clonezilla.
> 
> But I just upgraded my own laptop to a 128GB SSD... and that seemed to me
> like a good time for a complete fresh OS reinstall -- which is what I
often do
> when it's HD upgrade time, anyway; bitrot is a bastard.
> 
> So now I have a nice spandy-new SuSE 12.1(but it's really .0 and we just
lied)
> install, which is much better behaved.  (Though of course the installer
won't
> put KDE 3.5 in for you, which is actually usable as opposed to KDE4, which
is
> not, so you have to install XFCE first, and then YAST in the appropriate
> packages...)
> 
> Cheers,
> -- jra

Since my laptop is used mostly for programming when traveling and not much
else, Cloning the current drive will be the fastest way to get this up and
running.

I could use the install set of CD's I created when I got the machine and add
back the programs I want.  :)

Richard