tallperson
July 20th, 2012, 01:25 AM
Hi Folks
I'm plugging a new SSD into my laptop and I want to install Kubuntu onto it - but cannot have my laptop down while it's installing (work).
The SSD comes with a data transfer cable (like a USB drive) and some Win/Mac software which is, of course, useless to me. I want to migrate my files to the new drive after install while my laptop is running so I can keep working without downtime. Sounds crazy.
My options I see are:
1 Install using the OS using USB creator and then migrate all the files over to the SSD while the laptop is running, power down, swap drives and the power up using the SSD internally. (Is that even possible - I've made bootable USB disks before with that but this is something different)
2 dd clone the drive.. but I've heard disaster stories
3 backstop: backup everything to an external drive. Put the SSD in, install the OS and then transfer all files from the old HDD via the transfer cable to the now internal SSD.
What do people thing 1,2 or 3 ? based on a risk / time measure. #3 is the least risky to me but it probably means a late night.
Thanks
/tallperson
I'm plugging a new SSD into my laptop and I want to install Kubuntu onto it - but cannot have my laptop down while it's installing (work).
The SSD comes with a data transfer cable (like a USB drive) and some Win/Mac software which is, of course, useless to me. I want to migrate my files to the new drive after install while my laptop is running so I can keep working without downtime. Sounds crazy.
My options I see are:
1 Install using the OS using USB creator and then migrate all the files over to the SSD while the laptop is running, power down, swap drives and the power up using the SSD internally. (Is that even possible - I've made bootable USB disks before with that but this is something different)
2 dd clone the drive.. but I've heard disaster stories
3 backstop: backup everything to an external drive. Put the SSD in, install the OS and then transfer all files from the old HDD via the transfer cable to the now internal SSD.
What do people thing 1,2 or 3 ? based on a risk / time measure. #3 is the least risky to me but it probably means a late night.
Thanks
/tallperson