[Bulk] Swapping HDD....

[Phil Savoie]

On 12/26/2012 09:50 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
> I am currently using a Gateway T-6321 laptop with a 320 GB SATA HD. I'm
> finding it's running out of room, with all the pdf's and other files I
> have accumulated. I want to swap it out to a 750GB SATA HDD. How can I
> do this when I don't have another laptop with the same exact specs as
> the Gateway? In other words is it possible to transfer everything from
> my current HDD to the 750GB one using an external USB enclosure? will I
> be able to then install the 750GB HDD and have ALLmy settings and ALL my
> applications transfer over intact? Any help someone could provide would
> be greatly appreciated!
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> EGO II
Hi,

I just replaced a smaller drive to a larger one much like you want to 
do.  My procedure was the following:

- get a copy of clonezilla and clone the drive to an external usb drive

- replace the small drive with the larger drive

- use clonezilla to populate the larger drive

- you will note that the larger drive is a clone of the smaller one, so 
you will need to grow it

- get a copy of the "System Rescue CD", boot off it and use gparted to 
grow the cloned filesystem to fill out the drive

Hope this helps,

Phil