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Subject: Re: how to copy MBR??
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On Sun, 2005-12-04 at 01:49, Javier Matos wrote:
> Hi, I will change the hard drive of my computer and I was thinking that maybe it can run if I make partitions in the new hard drive (the same number of partitions using the same device name), copy all the files contained in the old hard drive to the new one and finally copy MBR from old hard drive to the new one... .
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> Can it be a solution to the problem of changing hard drives of my computer or that that I tell is a stupid thing??
> 
> Thx

Javier,

Have a look at man dd.

Rob