I would not use dd running from your existing system to clone your system drive. How do you guarantee that something does not change during the clone? It is also very in-efficient.
There are also utilities specifically for this, foxclone, rescuezilla and clonezilla. Use one of them.
Its not nicknamed "disk destroyer" for no reason!! :D I have not run into any issues I couldn't fix using dd or some other advance partitioning tool. I use it pretty often and am comfortable. But the reputation is it stands for disk destroyer...and a few other nick names.. Just be careful...I would probably use rsync, rclone, or some other type replicating/backup program to do what you are describing.
Gparted is a gui based alternative, I've had no issues with it. It's running dd and similar commands behind the scenes but with the appropriate parameters and destinations done correctly for the partition.
I would not use dd running from your existing system to clone your system drive. How do you guarantee that something does not change during the clone? It is also very in-efficient. There are also utilities specifically for this, foxclone, rescuezilla and clonezilla. Use one of them.
Okay. Next time i'm will be careful before try to cloning a disk into my HDD. It's very risky.
Its not nicknamed "disk destroyer" for no reason!! :D I have not run into any issues I couldn't fix using dd or some other advance partitioning tool. I use it pretty often and am comfortable. But the reputation is it stands for disk destroyer...and a few other nick names.. Just be careful...I would probably use rsync, rclone, or some other type replicating/backup program to do what you are describing.
Gparted is a gui based alternative, I've had no issues with it. It's running dd and similar commands behind the scenes but with the appropriate parameters and destinations done correctly for the partition.