[plug] dd'ing Windows disks

[Derek Fountain]

> It does copy the MBR, it's the first 512 bytes of /dev/hdX.  Possibly
> the disc geometry is slightly different though and thus your partition
> table and all your partitions are screwed up?

Yes, something like that. The situation has gone from bad to worse since my 
first post. Windows spotted the new disk, considered what to do about it, and 
concluded that completely screwing the registry would be the best course of 
action. The machine won't boot now, even in safe mode. I'm once again using 
Knoppix to try to get the data safely onto the new disk before I do a 
complete reinstallation of Windows.

The sooner Linux has an application which matches Photoshop, the sooner I can 
get this piece of Operating System crap out of my life... Grrr.... >:o(

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> eatapple
core dump

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