Originally Posted By: wfaulk
I can't imagine that what you're suggesting is significantly different from what the other cloning tools are doing.

That's precisely the point: We (or I) have no idea what the other cloning tools are doing, or not doing.

But with cat, we know 100% that it's a simple byte copy from one drive to the other. No fancy monkeying under the hood.

And if that doesn't work, then we know what to do next (fiddle with the HPA settings).

Cheers