How to replace a hard drive...

[Peter King]

> Here's the first question. Can I trust this drive now?

The consensus seems to be that it is NOT a good idea. Another bit of landfill, I suppose.

> So here's the second question. Is there a more sensible/straightforward way to reproduce
> one disk onto another of larger size?

The consensus seems to be: partition the new disk; copy over files (versions using cpio,
tar, and rsync have been mentioned); mount the new disk and chroot into it to grub-install.

Thanks to one and all!

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