restore a broken hd

performant · n00b Joined: 19 Nov 2004 Posts: 14

hi all,

first, i know that there are some threads about this topic.

i got a broken hd in my inspiron 5150 notebook, i got myself a new 3,5" hd which i put into my usb-hd case, i've booted my system with the sysresccd, mounted the usb-hd and copied the old hd to the new usb-hd using dd_rescue and it worked like a charm...8kb bad data out of 60gb, i've copied the partition table too. then i was able to mount the disk and access the files (i only tried to access a few).

now here's the question: is it likely to get my system back to the state it was before, when i get the internal hdd replaced by a new one and copy the usb-hd back to the internal one using the dd command?[list=][/list]

arnvidr · l33t Joined: 19 Aug 2004 Posts: 629 Location: Oslo, Norway

[Probably bad advice]Try it out[/]

I don't have any experience with this, but I would imagine that it *could* turn up to be quite peachy if you copy everything over to a new disk...

servermonk · Apprentice Joined: 07 Nov 2003 Posts: 182 Location: MI

I imagine it would be just fine as long as your partitioning is the same and you re-install grub/lilo wen you're done.
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performant · n00b Joined: 19 Nov 2004 Posts: 14

Thanks, ill try that and post my results when i get my hd replaced.

performant · n00b Joined: 19 Nov 2004 Posts: 14

Thanks, ill try that and post my results when i get my hd replaced.

performant · n00b Joined: 19 Nov 2004 Posts: 14

Yeah, i just restored it using dd, iv'e copied the partition table too. now the system is back in the state it was before the hd crash. AWESOME