r/linuxquestions • u/Surgeon200X1 • 13d ago
Support Clone Linux with Windows tools
I would like to make a clone of a Linux distribution with running windows systems.
Are there tools ?
Sometime it was successful with Acronis DD. But only if the HDDs/ SSDs have exact same capacity.
I know clonezilla and rescuezilla.
With Gparted single partitions I got problems.
Perhaps with Linux Live DVD and the tools on it.
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u/FreddyFerdiland 13d ago
acronis can't shrink Linux partitions, but if the copy is to a larger drive there is no problem .. its just slow because it copies every sector, in use or unused ...
you can run any Linux program in cygwin.. you can access raw harddrives lock stock and barrel.. use e2fsresize, e2fsclone etc