How to Copy LINUX to a New Hard Drive
The longer you use your computer, the more your hard drive fills up with data, such as documents, pictures and music. No computer operating system is immune to this fact, and eventually the installed hard drive won't provide enough space for all of your files. With Linux installed on your computer, however, it is possible to clone the entire installation to a new hard drive to replace the existing hard drive.
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Instructions
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Connect the second hard drive to your computer. If it is an internal drive, be sure to power off the computer first, and then power it back on after the drive is connected.
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Click the program menu to open it. Click the "Terminal" icon to open a command prompt window.
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Type "sudo apt-get install gparted" (without quotes), and press "Enter." Enter the system administrator (root) password when prompted.
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Type "sudo gparted" (without quotes), and press "Enter."
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Right-click the partition to be copied, such as "/dev/sda1," and click "Copy."
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Click on the second hard drive to select it. Right-click the empty drive, represented by a gray bar, and click "Paste" to copy the contents of the Linux partition to the second hard drive.
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Modify the copied partition. If the new hard drive is larger than the old one, right-click the copied partition and click "Resize" to expand the partition to the desired size, such as the entire hard drive. Right-click the copied partition and click "Manage Flags." Ensure the "Boot" flag is checked.
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