Make exact copy of harddrive1 to harddrive2

[cumminbk]

i want to make a perfect back up of harddrive1 of XP to blank harddrive2. what is the best method

[Thunderbolt 2864]

You'll need a program that can clone your hard drive, like Norton Ghost.

[murvun]

you only need a linux live cd (like knoppix)...

dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb copies the first hdd to the second hdd

dd if=/dev/sda1 of=/dev/sdb1 copies the first partition from hdd1 to hdd2

[xenithon]

Acronis TrueImage. Use the Clone feature.

[RJM]

XXCOPY

http://www.xxcopy.com/index.htm

[murvun]

rjm: thanx