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On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 7:03 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann
<volkerarmin@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Am 08.11.2012 12:12 schrieb <jdm@jdm.myzen.co.uk>:
>
>> 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.
>
> 2tb drive  probably different sector size. cp -auv recommended.
>

I agree, best approach is to partition and format the new drive as
new, and then copy the files. This will also help you start your new
disk with a lack of fragmentation.