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I would like to clone my desktop Ubuntu onto a pendrive so that it could be installed onto another machine with all my settings and files.

Is it possible?

Zanna
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Nakul Wali
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It is possible and the best option is to use a live CD like Clonezilla Live.

You could also boot with any Live CD and use dd to clone the disk:

dd if=[disk_with_ubuntu] of=[pendrive] bs=512 conv=noerror,sync

Where [disk_with_ubuntu] is the disk containing your Ubuntu installation (f.e. /dev/sda) and [pendrive] is your pendrive. You have to be very sure about these parameters, otherwise you might overwrite the wrong disk. That's why I recommend using a live CD designed for this precise task.

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