Ed Harrison wrote:
Is there a free utility which will allow me to make a partition copy (NTFS) to a network share, and restore from there? I can not plug both drives at the same time, so I need to copy the old one, and then to install the new one.
Assume that the partition is mounted at /mnt/NTFS and the network share is at /mnt/NETWORK
cd to root /mnt/NTFS and do this
find ./* -xdev | cpio -pdv /mnt/NETWORK.
This is not a partition copy, it's a copy on based on file system. NTFS has some features find is not aware of, so I do not recommend this approach to copy a Windows installation. partimage is free and does support NTFS though that support is still labeled experimental and with some reservations. dd is able to exactly copy the partition with no problem. You won't be able to change the partition size on the fly, though. It is very reliable. Otherwise just use a trial version of acronis or ghost. Sandy