![]() You should see just things under /dev/sda. To show the hard drives and their partitions. So /dev/sda will be the source for everything you want to copy. You'll probably find everything on your SSD is listed as /dev/sda. The command df -h will give you a human-readable list of the partitions you have. Become the superuser ( sudo -i and use your user password). Bring up a terminal (click the desktop and type Ctrl- Alt T). I would run off of installation media, like the DVD containing your version of Ubuntu, and choose "try Ubuntu" so you are not running from the drive you're going to be copying. I will mostly use software that is installed by default. I will also assume you're comfortable with doing things from the command line. I will concentrate on such an arrangement. I'm sure there are lots of ways, so expect others to have quite different answers.įor this sort of thing, it helps a lot if you have a drive dock: a USB device that can hold your extra SSD outside your laptop.
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