On 12/12/2011 12:44 AM, g wrote: > if he had an external hdd large enough, he could boot any install cd/dvd, > or, live cd/dvd, to cli and use 'dd'. True, but something like Clonezilla has its advantages, such as sanity checks and a progress bar. And, it can format the entire external drive for you so that you can add other stuff to it if you need.