I should have had "dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb" but anyway...

Gag? Come on. They only are marginally less cryptic particularly for someone not used to the command line. Compared to something like Norton Ghost or similar that does it in a GUI I think they are all equally difficult.
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Christian
#40104192 120Gb (no longer in my E36 M3, won't fit the E46 M3)