Can I copy a complete drive using Ubuntu?

Question

I am new to Ubuntu. As for Windows, can I copy or clone an entire drive, including the operating system, when using Ubuntu 18.04?

Regards,

Jerin

You can use [https://clonezilla.org/](https://clonezilla.org/) to clone a drive. — schrodingerscatcuriosity, Sep 19 '19 at 13:44
Possible duplicate of [How to make a disk image and restore from it later?](https://askubuntu.com/questions/19901/how-to-make-a-disk-image-and-restore-from-it-later) and [What is the best way to clone a disk?](https://askubuntu.com/q/616820/) — karel, Sep 19 '19 at 13:48

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 19 '19 at 14:02

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There are multiple ways to clone an disk.

You can use software like clonezilla, or copy an entire disk to a file / drive with dd.

Please note that dd is commonly referred to as disk destroyer because people make typos and delete their data with it.

Personally I would use a tool like clonezilla to backup a drive, and dd to copy 1 drive to another.

answered Sep 19 '19 at 14:02

Dr_Bunsen

yeah try clonezilla, but beware i have never used it and i do not know if your cloned windows os drive will still run on another drive/system afterwards. – Bas Lamerichs Sep 19 '19 at 14:43
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Windows will probably run, but say it is not genuine any more. – Dr_Bunsen Sep 20 '19 at 06:33

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