• transferring dual boot to new laptop SSD.

    From William Unruh@2:250/1 to All on Sun May 2 17:12:16 2021
    I have a dual (Win-Mageia) system. I need the Win to do taxes, and
    that's about it. However I do not have a Win installation disk (dell
    never supplied one) so I need to trnsfer my current win installation to
    the new SSD.(and I need the new Win partition to be bigger--something
    has filled up my current Win disk, and it is not the taxes software
    since I remove it from Win after doing my taxes for security reasons.

    Anyway-- how do I transfer my Win stuff to a new SSD?
    I did do a dd of each partition to an iso on a backup disk, but a) is
    that enough so I can recreate a bootable Win on the new disk?

    Noe that I cannot install both SSD on the same computer, so was going to
    stick the new disk into a usb caddy to do the transfer.




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  • From Vincent Coen@2:250/1 to William Unruh on Sun May 2 20:37:16 2021
    Hello William!

    Sunday May 02 2021 17:12, William Unruh wrote to All:

    I have a dual (Win-Mageia) system. I need the Win to do taxes, and
    that's about it. However I do not have a Win installation disk (dell
    never supplied one) so I need to trnsfer my current win installation
    to the new SSD.(and I need the new Win partition to be
    bigger--something has filled up my current Win disk, and it is not the
    taxes software since I remove it from Win after doing my taxes for
    security reasons.

    Anyway-- how do I transfer my Win stuff to a new SSD?
    I did do a dd of each partition to an iso on a backup disk, but a) is
    that enough so I can recreate a bootable Win on the new disk?

    Noe that I cannot install both SSD on the same computer, so was going
    to stick the new disk into a usb caddy to do the transfer.

    Take a look at your drives partitions as you should have one as the Windows recovery area where you can re-install OR build a DVD boot disk assuming
    you are using Win 7 for 10.

    Option two is to use the software that comes with or is available from the manufacturer that you can use to migrate the old drive partitions to a new drive (SSD). Assuming the SSD is one of the big brands such as Samsung.


    Vincent


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  • From red floyd@2:250/1 to All on Sun May 2 19:02:30 2021
    On 5/2/2021 9:12 AM, William Unruh wrote:
    I have a dual (Win-Mageia) system. I need the Win to do taxes, and
    that's about it. However I do not have a Win installation disk (dell
    never supplied one) so I need to trnsfer my current win installation to
    the new SSD.(and I need the new Win partition to be bigger--something
    has filled up my current Win disk, and it is not the taxes software
    since I remove it from Win after doing my taxes for security reasons.

    Anyway-- how do I transfer my Win stuff to a new SSD?
    I did do a dd of each partition to an iso on a backup disk, but a) is
    that enough so I can recreate a bootable Win on the new disk?

    Noe that I cannot install both SSD on the same computer, so was going to stick the new disk into a usb caddy to do the transfer.


    The Dell came with Windows, and you need install media?

    Go to Dell and look for installation media. It's on their support site somewhere.

    HOWEVER, this installer will most likely NOT work on a non-Dell system.



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  • From Bit Twister@2:250/1 to All on Sun May 2 19:52:44 2021
    On Sun, 2 May 2021 16:12:16 -0000 (UTC), William Unruh wrote:
    I have a dual (Win-Mageia) system. I need the Win to do taxes, and
    that's about it.

    Yeah, I kept a win 98 VirtualBox guest for turbotax but starting
    using H&R Block when turbotax bumped up their price.

    However I do not have a Win installation disk (dell
    never supplied one) so I need to trnsfer my current win installation to
    the new SSD.(and I need the new Win partition to be bigger--something
    has filled up my current Win disk, and it is not the taxes software
    since I remove it from Win after doing my taxes for security reasons.

    Yep, was doing the same thing. Then found out turbotax would let
    anyone see my tax data. I would buy the cd and do a local install.
    When I had to do some stock/bond reporting I drove over to an independent
    tax outfit to get information on what to report where.

    Guy would not sell me his time to do so but said to go out into
    the lobby and let one of them do my taxes and see if I wanted
    them to file. After entering my social, name, address she asked if
    I had already done the year taxes with them. I asked why and she said
    the data was already entered.

    With H&R I use Firefox on their site and download the forms and snail
    mail them to IRS. No Micro$oft required.



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  • From William Unruh@2:250/1 to All on Sun May 2 20:32:43 2021
    On 2021-05-02, red floyd <no.spam.here@its.invalid> wrote:
    On 5/2/2021 9:12 AM, William Unruh wrote:
    I have a dual (Win-Mageia) system. I need the Win to do taxes, and
    that's about it. However I do not have a Win installation disk (dell
    never supplied one) so I need to trnsfer my current win installation to
    the new SSD.(and I need the new Win partition to be bigger--something
    has filled up my current Win disk, and it is not the taxes software
    since I remove it from Win after doing my taxes for security reasons.

    Anyway-- how do I transfer my Win stuff to a new SSD?
    I did do a dd of each partition to an iso on a backup disk, but a) is
    that enough so I can recreate a bootable Win on the new disk?

    Noe that I cannot install both SSD on the same computer, so was going to
    stick the new disk into a usb caddy to do the transfer.


    The Dell came with Windows, and you need install media?

    Go to Dell and look for installation media. It's on their support site somewhere.

    Unfortunately it isn't. However I would like to transfer my current installation ( togetehr with the stuff I have added to Windows) to the
    new drive, not start all over again.

    If I dd the copy of my windows now on the old disk onto an ntfs partiton of the new drive,
    will that work to make a bootable copy of Windows?



    HOWEVER, this installer will most likely NOT work on a non-Dell system.

    I do not want it on a non-Dell system. I want it on the dell system.



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  • From David W. Hodgins@2:250/1 to All on Sun May 2 20:43:35 2021
    On Sun, 02 May 2021 15:32:43 -0400, William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> wrote:
    If I dd the copy of my windows now on the old disk onto an ntfs partiton of the new drive,
    will that work to make a bootable copy of Windows?

    Is the new drive at least as large as the old drive?

    I don't have any m$ installs. I think that as long as the new drive will be connected to the same cable as the old drive it should work. IIRC windows includes the sata controller, etc., in it's registry.

    HOWEVER, this installer will most likely NOT work on a non-Dell system.
    I do not want it on a non-Dell system. I want it on the dell system.

    You may need the installer to "repair" (update registry entries) the install after
    copying it to the new drive. Probably best to have it available in advance.

    Regards, Dave Hodgins

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  • From William Unruh@2:250/1 to All on Sun May 2 21:52:47 2021
    On 2021-05-02, Vincent Coen <VBCoen@gmail.com> wrote:
    Hello William!

    Sunday May 02 2021 17:12, William Unruh wrote to All:

    I have a dual (Win-Mageia) system. I need the Win to do taxes, and
    that's about it. However I do not have a Win installation disk (dell
    never supplied one) so I need to trnsfer my current win installation
    to the new SSD.(and I need the new Win partition to be
    bigger--something has filled up my current Win disk, and it is not the taxes software since I remove it from Win after doing my taxes for
    security reasons.

    Anyway-- how do I transfer my Win stuff to a new SSD?
    I did do a dd of each partition to an iso on a backup disk, but a) is
    that enough so I can recreate a bootable Win on the new disk?

    Noe that I cannot install both SSD on the same computer, so was going
    to stick the new disk into a usb caddy to do the transfer.

    Take a look at your drives partitions as you should have one as the Windows recovery area where you can re-install OR build a DVD boot disk assuming
    you are using Win 7 for 10.

    Option two is to use the software that comes with or is available from the manufacturer that you can use to migrate the old drive partitions to a new drive (SSD). Assuming the SSD is one of the big brands such as Samsung.

    f I just partitioned the drive and then did a dd from the .iso that I
    generated from the old drive to the new drive would that work?
    (Ie I did
    dd -if=/dev/nvme0n1p6 of=/mnt/disk/backup/part6.iso
    where lets say /p6 was the partition which incluced the Windows install
    on the old disk, and my usb backup drive is mounted on /mnt/disk and has
    on it a directory called backup (his is on a Linus ext4 drive). I would
    then put in the new drive, which I partition as with partition 6 as an
    ntfs drive, and do
    dd if=/mnt/disk/backup/part6.iso of=/dev/nvme0n1p6
    where the new partition 6 is bigger than the old partition 6.
    I then use Mageia to install the grub bootloader, with MSDos on
    partition 6 as one of the boot options.
    (Mageia 8 will be on say partition 7)

    I would then have to figure out how to tell Win to grow its ntfs format
    to include the whole of partition 6 rather then just the size it used to
    have on the old disk.

    Does that process make sense? Will it work?


    Vincent



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  • From Bobbie Sellers@2:250/1 to All on Sun May 2 22:42:10 2021
    On 5/2/21 1:52 PM, William Unruh wrote:
    On 2021-05-02, Vincent Coen <VBCoen@gmail.com> wrote:
    Hello William!

    Sunday May 02 2021 17:12, William Unruh wrote to All:

    I have a dual (Win-Mageia) system. I need the Win to do taxes, and
    that's about it. However I do not have a Win installation disk (dell
    never supplied one) so I need to trnsfer my current win installation
    to the new SSD.(and I need the new Win partition to be
    bigger--something has filled up my current Win disk, and it is not the
    taxes software since I remove it from Win after doing my taxes for
    security reasons.

    Anyway-- how do I transfer my Win stuff to a new SSD?
    I did do a dd of each partition to an iso on a backup disk, but a) is
    that enough so I can recreate a bootable Win on the new disk?

    Noe that I cannot install both SSD on the same computer, so was going
    to stick the new disk into a usb caddy to do the transfer.

    Take a look at your drives partitions as you should have one as the Windows >> recovery area where you can re-install OR build a DVD boot disk assuming
    you are using Win 7 for 10.

    Option two is to use the software that comes with or is available from the >> manufacturer that you can use to migrate the old drive partitions to a new >> drive (SSD). Assuming the SSD is one of the big brands such as Samsung.

    f I just partitioned the drive and then did a dd from the .iso that I generated from the old drive to the new drive would that work?
    (Ie I did
    dd -if=/dev/nvme0n1p6 of=/mnt/disk/backup/part6.iso
    where lets say /p6 was the partition which incluced the Windows install
    on the old disk, and my usb backup drive is mounted on /mnt/disk and has
    on it a directory called backup (his is on a Linus ext4 drive). I would
    then put in the new drive, which I partition as with partition 6 as an
    ntfs drive, and do
    dd if=/mnt/disk/backup/part6.iso of=/dev/nvme0n1p6
    where the new partition 6 is bigger than the old partition 6.
    I then use Mageia to install the grub bootloader, with MSDos on
    partition 6 as one of the boot options.
    (Mageia 8 will be on say partition 7)

    I would then have to figure out how to tell Win to grow its ntfs format
    to include the whole of partition 6 rather then just the size it used to
    have on the old disk.

    Does that process make sense? Will it work?


    Vincent

    All but the Windows part. Windows should have followed
    Apple's lead and stolen the OS from Unix adding special gui elements.

    bliss - -“Nearly any fool can use a GNU/Linux computer. Many do.” After all here I am...


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  • From William Unruh@2:250/1 to All on Sun May 2 22:56:24 2021
    On 2021-05-02, Bobbie Sellers <bliss@mouse-potato.com> wrote:
    On 5/2/21 1:52 PM, William Unruh wrote:
    On 2021-05-02, Vincent Coen <VBCoen@gmail.com> wrote:
    Hello William!

    Sunday May 02 2021 17:12, William Unruh wrote to All:

    I have a dual (Win-Mageia) system. I need the Win to do taxes, and
    that's about it. However I do not have a Win installation disk (dell
    never supplied one) so I need to trnsfer my current win installation
    to the new SSD.(and I need the new Win partition to be
    bigger--something has filled up my current Win disk, and it is not the >>>> taxes software since I remove it from Win after doing my taxes for
    security reasons.

    Anyway-- how do I transfer my Win stuff to a new SSD?
    I did do a dd of each partition to an iso on a backup disk, but a) is
    that enough so I can recreate a bootable Win on the new disk?

    Noe that I cannot install both SSD on the same computer, so was going
    to stick the new disk into a usb caddy to do the transfer.

    Take a look at your drives partitions as you should have one as the Windows >>> recovery area where you can re-install OR build a DVD boot disk assuming >>> you are using Win 7 for 10.

    Option two is to use the software that comes with or is available from the >>> manufacturer that you can use to migrate the old drive partitions to a new >>> drive (SSD). Assuming the SSD is one of the big brands such as Samsung. >>>
    f I just partitioned the drive and then did a dd from the .iso that I
    generated from the old drive to the new drive would that work?
    (Ie I did
    dd -if=/dev/nvme0n1p6 of=/mnt/disk/backup/part6.iso
    where lets say /p6 was the partition which incluced the Windows install
    on the old disk, and my usb backup drive is mounted on /mnt/disk and has
    on it a directory called backup (his is on a Linus ext4 drive). I would
    then put in the new drive, which I partition as with partition 6 as an
    ntfs drive, and do
    dd if=/mnt/disk/backup/part6.iso of=/dev/nvme0n1p6
    where the new partition 6 is bigger than the old partition 6.
    I then use Mageia to install the grub bootloader, with MSDos on
    partition 6 as one of the boot options.
    (Mageia 8 will be on say partition 7)

    I would then have to figure out how to tell Win to grow its ntfs format
    to include the whole of partition 6 rather then just the size it used to
    have on the old disk.

    Does that process make sense? Will it work?


    Vincent

    All but the Windows part. Windows should have followed
    Apple's lead and stolen the OS from Unix adding special gui elements.

    By "make sense" I meant " Will that process work". There is nothing I
    can do about the decisions Windows made in the design of their OS. All I
    can do is to follow procedures that work, and I am asking if this
    procedure will work and to ask advice on things I am unsure of.


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  • From Jim Beard@2:250/1 to All on Sun May 2 23:32:19 2021
    On Sun, 02 May 2021 16:12:16 +0000, William Unruh wrote:

    I have a dual (Win-Mageia) system. I need the Win to do taxes, and
    that's about it. However I do not have a Win installation disk (dell
    never supplied one) so I need to trnsfer my current win installation to
    the new SSD.(and I need the new Win partition to be bigger--something
    has filled up my current Win disk, and it is not the taxes software
    since I remove it from Win after doing my taxes for security reasons.

    Anyway-- how do I transfer my Win stuff to a new SSD?
    I did do a dd of each partition to an iso on a backup disk, but a) is
    that enough so I can recreate a bootable Win on the new disk?

    Noe that I cannot install both SSD on the same computer, so was going to stick the new disk into a usb caddy to do the transfer.

    I searched for windows 10 replace disk drive and found the following,
    that may be of interest to you.

    Toward the end of the article, you will find "There is a Demo version for
    free download and trial." Exactly what this will do is beyond my ken.

    https://www.diskpart.com/windows-10/replacing-hard-drive-
    windows-10-4125.html

    Cheers!

    jim b.

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  • From red floyd@2:250/1 to All on Mon May 3 05:25:38 2021
    On 5/2/2021 12:32 PM, William Unruh wrote:
    On 2021-05-02, red floyd <no.spam.here@its.invalid> wrote:
    On 5/2/2021 9:12 AM, William Unruh wrote:
    I have a dual (Win-Mageia) system. I need the Win to do taxes, and
    that's about it. However I do not have a Win installation disk (dell
    never supplied one) so I need to trnsfer my current win installation to
    the new SSD.(and I need the new Win partition to be bigger--something
    has filled up my current Win disk, and it is not the taxes software
    since I remove it from Win after doing my taxes for security reasons.

    Anyway-- how do I transfer my Win stuff to a new SSD?
    I did do a dd of each partition to an iso on a backup disk, but a) is
    that enough so I can recreate a bootable Win on the new disk?

    Noe that I cannot install both SSD on the same computer, so was going to >>> stick the new disk into a usb caddy to do the transfer.


    The Dell came with Windows, and you need install media?

    Go to Dell and look for installation media. It's on their support site
    somewhere.

    Unfortunately it isn't. However I would like to transfer my current installation ( togetehr with the stuff I have added to Windows) to the
    new drive, not start all over again.

    If I dd the copy of my windows now on the old disk onto an ntfs partiton of the new drive,
    will that work to make a bootable copy of Windows?



    HOWEVER, this installer will most likely NOT work on a non-Dell system.

    I do not want it on a non-Dell system. I want it on the dell system.



    You can also search MS for "Media Creation Tool". This ( *I THINK* )
    will create installation media from either your current installation, or
    from the license stored on MS.


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  • From TJ@2:250/1 to All on Mon May 3 14:45:58 2021
    On 5/2/21 2:52 PM, Bit Twister wrote:
    I have a dual (Win-Mageia) system. I need the Win to do taxes, and
    that's about it.
    Yeah, I kept a win 98 VirtualBox guest for turbotax but starting
    using H&R Block when turbotax bumped up their price.

    Wow. They still support Win 98??? Amazing. I've been downloading the
    federal forms I need directly from the IRS, and using them with Okular.
    That does work, handled properly.

    Not so New York State. Their downloaded IT201 form only works with Adobe Reader. I've been using XP in VirtualBox to do the deed, but this year discovered that I couldn't print the completed forms unless I had the
    latest from Adobe, and that doesn't support XP any more. I had to
    upgrade to Win 7.

    With Win 7 EOL, I can't help but wonder how long it'll be before I have
    to upgrade to Win 10.

    TJ

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  • From TJ@2:250/1 to All on Mon May 3 14:50:45 2021
    On 5/2/21 12:12 PM, William Unruh wrote:
    I have a dual (Win-Mageia) system. I need the Win to do taxes, and
    that's about it. However I do not have a Win installation disk (dell
    never supplied one) so I need to trnsfer my current win installation to
    the new SSD.(and I need the new Win partition to be bigger--something
    has filled up my current Win disk, and it is not the taxes software
    since I remove it from Win after doing my taxes for security reasons.

    Anyway-- how do I transfer my Win stuff to a new SSD?
    I did do a dd of each partition to an iso on a backup disk, but a) is
    that enough so I can recreate a bootable Win on the new disk?

    Noe that I cannot install both SSD on the same computer, so was going to stick the new disk into a usb caddy to do the transfer.



    I used Clonezilla when I switched my rust drive to SSD, but then I
    didn't have any Windoze partitions. The only Windoze I have is in
    VirtualBox.

    TJ

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  • From Doug Laidlaw@2:250/1 to All on Mon May 3 16:58:19 2021
    On 3/5/21 11:50 pm, TJ wrote:
    On 5/2/21 12:12 PM, William Unruh wrote:
    I have a dual (Win-Mageia) system. I need the Win to do taxes, and
    that's about it. However I do not have a Win installation disk (dell
    never supplied one) so I need to trnsfer my current win installation to
    the new SSD.(and I need the new Win partition to be bigger--something
    has filled up my current Win disk, and it is not the taxes software
    since I remove it from Win after doing my taxes for security reasons.

    Anyway-- how do I transfer my Win stuff to a new SSD?
    I did do a dd of each partition to an iso on a backup disk, but a) is
    that enough so I can recreate a bootable Win on the new disk?

    Noe that I cannot install both SSD on the same computer, so was going to
    stick the new disk into a usb caddy to do the transfer.



    I used Clonezilla when I switched my rust drive to SSD, but then I
    didn't have any Windoze partitions. The only Windoze I have is in VirtualBox.

    TJ

    Just a couple of thoughts, since like you, I still rely on Windows.

    Firstly, your existing Win installation should have a key; there are
    apps available to find it. But the idea of a key is so that every
    computer at one address will have separate licenses. You are trying to install the same licensed copy of Win on a different machine, just as if
    it was a family member's laptop. For that, you need to contact
    Microsoft in your country and arrange for them to transfer the license
    from your old laptop to the new one. Some changes of hardware are automatically accepted as upgrades, others are not.

    Secondly, there have been a lot of claims around the Web that it is
    possible to install Windows 10 without paying for a license. I haven't investigated them.

    Finally, you can download a Windows CD from Microsoft and pay the fee
    for a new license. You made to do that anyway, for the reasons stated
    above. I did it for Win 8.1. I have downloaded Windows 10 upgrades to reinstall Windows when needed. It reduces the number of updates to
    retrieve. Since the hardware hasn't changed, the existing online
    activation still works.

    HTH,

    Doug.

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  • From William Unruh@2:250/1 to All on Mon May 3 17:57:08 2021
    On 2021-05-03, Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> wrote:
    On 3/5/21 11:50 pm, TJ wrote:

    Just a couple of thoughts, since like you, I still rely on Windows.

    Firstly, your existing Win installation should have a key; there are
    apps available to find it. But the idea of a key is so that every
    computer at one address will have separate licenses. You are trying to install the same licensed copy of Win on a different machine, just as if

    No, I am not trying to install it on a different machine. I am trying to install it on a new hard drive on the same machine.

    it was a family member's laptop. For that, you need to contact
    Microsoft in your country and arrange for them to transfer the license
    from your old laptop to the new one. Some changes of hardware are automatically accepted as upgrades, others are not.

    Secondly, there have been a lot of claims around the Web that it is
    possible to install Windows 10 without paying for a license. I haven't investigated them.

    Finally, you can download a Windows CD from Microsoft and pay the fee

    Almost no machines have CDs anymore, or dvds. They have been replaced by
    usb sticks, which is incredibly variable as to reliability. I have a
    couple of USB3 sticks, that are no longer even recognized by any machine
    I have.

    for a new license. You made to do that anyway, for the reasons stated above. I did it for Win 8.1. I have downloaded Windows 10 upgrades to reinstall Windows when needed. It reduces the number of updates to retrieve. Since the hardware hasn't changed, the existing online
    activation still works.

    HTH,

    Doug.

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  • From William Unruh@2:250/1 to All on Thu May 6 02:13:25 2021
    On 2021-05-02, William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> wrote:
    I have a dual (Win-Mageia) system. I need the Win to do taxes, and
    that's about it. However I do not have a Win installation disk (dell
    never supplied one) so I need to trnsfer my current win installation to
    the new SSD.(and I need the new Win partition to be bigger--something
    has filled up my current Win disk, and it is not the taxes software
    since I remove it from Win after doing my taxes for security reasons.

    Anyway-- how do I transfer my Win stuff to a new SSD?
    I did do a dd of each partition to an iso on a backup disk, but a) is
    that enough so I can recreate a bootable Win on the new disk?

    Noe that I cannot install both SSD on the same computer, so was going to stick the new disk into a usb caddy to do the transfer.

    OK, I finally managed to do. I tried to do a dd of each of the
    partitions on the old drive and write them into partition which were
    slightly bigger than the old on the new machine. after about 5 hours of
    work, (including opening upthe laptop to install the new ssd) nothing
    booted. I then tried to install Mga8 which went fine and it finally
    booted, but still Mga7 and Windows did not. Clearly something ( who
    knows what) was wrong. So after much thought and trying to read the
    varios articles on the net on "cloning" the hard drive-- which scared me
    no end, cause I could see myself overwriting some crucial section of the
    drive making it useless forever after. I finally downloaded the Samsung
    Disk Data Migration software (I boght a Samsung 970 pEVO plus) and
    migrated the C: drive. It worked, but of course grabbed everything else
    on the disk for that new C drive. I then used gparted to shrink down
    that C: partition to the size I wanted ( about 45GB). and partitioned
    the rest of the disk for the Linus I wanted, labeling each partition. (2
    30GB partitions for Mageia7 and Magea 8, and two 150GB partitions for
    /local ( which contains anything variable) and /alt for extra space, and backups, etc) I then tried to boot into Windows, and it worked:-)

    I then rsynced the / partition of the old Mga7 into the first of the
    30GB patitions, and installed Mga8 on the second. Mga booted fine. Mga7
    simply froze part way through the boot with no indication of why. I
    just sat there. By this time it was bedtime. When I woke I realised that
    the partition numbers on the disk for Mga7, swap and the /local must
    have changed. Going through /boot/grub2/grub.conf I changed the uttely incomprehensible UUID= for LABEL= and the name (nvme0n1p9) of the old swap/restore
    partion to the current swap (nvme0n1e6) in all the Mga7 stanzas. Lo and
    behold, Mga7 now booted, as did Mga8 and Windows. Now all I had to do
    all day was find all of the things that needed to be updated in Mga8. It
    would have been so much easier in some ways if I had put Mga7 onto both partitions, and then done an update install onto one of them with Mga8
    (of course neither would have booted because of the wrong partitions.)

    Still cannot get google-earth to work (segmentation fault) but everying
    else, even zoom, seems to be working.

    Anyway, I wanted to put the above here so others trying the same kind of
    thing could see an example of someone who, more of less, successfully
    managed to pull it off.

    Ie, if I can save someone a day or 2 of their time, maybe my wasted time
    will have some payback.




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  • From William Unruh@2:250/1 to All on Thu May 6 02:20:07 2021
    PS, since my laptop only has on M.2 slot, I put my new one into a usb caddy/enclosure, and used the Samsung software to transfer the Windows
    to the usb. The docs on the Samsung software say that putting the
    Samsung drive into a usb caddy may not work. It did.

    The weird thing is that I got about 30MB/s transfer speed between the
    internal ssd and the external, through a supposedly USB 3 usb port with
    USB3.1 (red) cable. That is about 1/10 of what I should get. (the disk
    is supposed to be 6Gb/s read and write speed, and the USB 3 should
    handle 5Gb/s, 10 tiems my 300Mb/s transfer speed.


    taskbar take up half the screen sort of nullifies the usefulness
    On 2021-05-06, William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> wrote:
    On 2021-05-02, William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> wrote:
    I have a dual (Win-Mageia) system. I need the Win to do taxes, and
    that's about it. However I do not have a Win installation disk (dell
    never supplied one) so I need to trnsfer my current win installation to
    the new SSD.(and I need the new Win partition to be bigger--something
    has filled up my current Win disk, and it is not the taxes software
    since I remove it from Win after doing my taxes for security reasons.

    Anyway-- how do I transfer my Win stuff to a new SSD?
    I did do a dd of each partition to an iso on a backup disk, but a) is
    that enough so I can recreate a bootable Win on the new disk?

    Noe that I cannot install both SSD on the same computer, so was going to
    stick the new disk into a usb caddy to do the transfer.

    OK, I finally managed to do. I tried to do a dd of each of the
    partitions on the old drive and write them into partition which were
    slightly bigger than the old on the new machine. after about 5 hours of
    work, (including opening upthe laptop to install the new ssd) nothing
    booted. I then tried to install Mga8 which went fine and it finally
    booted, but still Mga7 and Windows did not. Clearly something ( who
    knows what) was wrong. So after much thought and trying to read the
    varios articles on the net on "cloning" the hard drive-- which scared me
    no end, cause I could see myself overwriting some crucial section of the drive making it useless forever after. I finally downloaded the Samsung
    Disk Data Migration software (I boght a Samsung 970 pEVO plus) and
    migrated the C: drive. It worked, but of course grabbed everything else
    on the disk for that new C drive. I then used gparted to shrink down
    that C: partition to the size I wanted ( about 45GB). and partitioned
    the rest of the disk for the Linus I wanted, labeling each partition. (2
    30GB partitions for Mageia7 and Magea 8, and two 150GB partitions for
    /local ( which contains anything variable) and /alt for extra space, and backups, etc) I then tried to boot into Windows, and it worked:-)

    I then rsynced the / partition of the old Mga7 into the first of the
    30GB patitions, and installed Mga8 on the second. Mga booted fine. Mga7 simply froze part way through the boot with no indication of why. I
    just sat there. By this time it was bedtime. When I woke I realised that
    the partition numbers on the disk for Mga7, swap and the /local must
    have changed. Going through /boot/grub2/grub.conf I changed the uttely incomprehensible UUID= for LABEL= and the name (nvme0n1p9) of the old swap/restore
    partion to the current swap (nvme0n1e6) in all the Mga7 stanzas. Lo and behold, Mga7 now booted, as did Mga8 and Windows. Now all I had to do
    all day was find all of the things that needed to be updated in Mga8. It would have been so much easier in some ways if I had put Mga7 onto both partitions, and then done an update install onto one of them with Mga8
    (of course neither would have booted because of the wrong partitions.)

    Still cannot get google-earth to work (segmentation fault) but everying
    else, even zoom, seems to be working.

    Anyway, I wanted to put the above here so others trying the same kind of thing could see an example of someone who, more of less, successfully
    managed to pull it off.

    Ie, if I can save someone a day or 2 of their time, maybe my wasted time
    will have some payback.




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