From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 21 02:36:24 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2165916A4CE for ; Sat, 21 Feb 2004 02:36:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from lvlworld.com (dsl-38.226.240.220.dsl.comindico.com.au [220.240.226.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 05BFE43D1F for ; Sat, 21 Feb 2004 02:36:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tigger@onemoremonkey.com) Received: (qmail 603 invoked from network); 21 Feb 2004 10:37:41 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lvlworld.com) (192.168.1.120) by eeeor.goo with SMTP; 21 Feb 2004 10:37:41 -0000 Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 21:38:41 +1100 From: Tig To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20040221213841.76391b1c@piglet.goo> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.9claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.2.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Bogosity: No, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.490278, version=0.16.4 Subject: Copy old drive to new drive - is it possible? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 10:36:24 -0000 Hi, I have a hard drive which is on its last legs. I also have new hard drive to replace the old one. I was wondering if it is possible to simply copy everything from the old drive to the new (after formating the new drive) and have my system back up and running, or do I need to reinstall the OS and everything else? Tips, URL's or a simple 'from personal experience, best to reinstall' comments more than welcome. Thanks for your time. -Tig