I just ordered a larger capacity hard drive for my Framework 13 (AMD board, Windows 11). I’m looking to safely copy everything from the old drive over. I’ve done this before but it’s been a bit and I’d welcome some advice.
My rough plan is as follows:
0. Back up old drive
- Attach the new drive via USB enclosure
- Boot into linux from a USB stick
- Use a low level utility like dd to image the new drive from the old one
- Shut down, open up the laptop and install the new drive.
- Boot up with new drive
Suggestions for linux distros with disk copying welcome
Is there any windows DRM / licensing tied to the drive I need to worry about?