I am getting a new HDD that is the same size as my old HDD since

yes

there are many ways to do it, one simple livecd designed for this purpose is clonezilla

never did it before but the easiest way would be to just dd it over and resize after, could work. might be fun

>>57731409
Old copypasta
Get original

>>57731268
knoopix and ddrescue the drive.

>>57731268
If the new one is at least as large as the old one you should be able to Clone the data block by block using dd.

>>57731409
so this is the power of ctrl+v...
whoa..

>>57731524
came to say this

>>57731524
dd?

>>57731795
Nevermind, somebody above said "ddrescue". That should be enough for be to Google it up. Thank you.

>>57731384
I appreciate the name of a specific live CD to use, should make it a smooth process. Much appreciated.

>>57731842
np

and to explain the advantage of a "purpose designed" livecd, it comes with a step-by-step TUI to guide you through the backup, restore, or cloning process, and will pick suitable methods automatically (you can tweak things, but the defaults are fine in most cases)
for example, it will use tools like ntfsclone and partimage where possible, as they're more efficient than plain old dd, but it will use dd if it has to (unrecognized volumes)

basically, it's likely going to be easier (purpose built step-by-step interface), faster (picks the best tool for each volume), and safer (gives information about each disk/volume, and warns before making any changes) than just using dd for the whole disk with any arbitrary livecd

Ssd os drive
Hdd storage drive

>>57731913
Sounds great. I need as little added stress as possible right now and need this baby up and running for work asap, so that's perfect. Thanks a lot!

>>57731921
2poor

But that is the plan eventually, yes.