I used rsync for that. On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 8:03 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann < volkerarmin@googlemail.com> wrote: > 2tb drive probably different sector size. cp -auv recommended. > Am 08.11.2012 12:12 schrieb : > > I am about to change my hard drive on my machine from a 500GB to 2tb. >> >> To transfer I intend to dd the partitions across and then resize using >> lvm as home swap var are located on lvm. >> >> Is this the right approach or would you recommend another method? >> >> John D Maunder. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>