GParted 0.2.5 Delete /dev/sda1 (ext3, 464.76 GiB) from /dev/sda ( SUCCES ) ======================================== Copy /dev/sdb2 to /dev/sda (start at 0.00 B) ( ERROR ) check filesystem on /dev/sdb2 for errors and (if possible) fix them ( SUCCES ) e2fsck -f -y -v /dev/sdb2 Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes Pass 2: Checking directory structure Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity Pass 4: Checking reference counts Pass 5: Checking group summary information 176502 inodes used (10.36%) 5538 non-contiguous inodes (3.1%) # of inodes with ind/dind/tind blocks: 8898/175/0 2360880 blocks used (69.36%) 0 bad blocks 1 large file 143631 regular files 15785 directories 133 character device files 26 block device files 2 fifos 467 links 16912 symbolic links (14706 fast symbolic links) 4 sockets -------- 176960 files e2fsck 1.40-WIP (14-Nov-2006) create empty partition ( SUCCES ) path: /dev/sda1 start: 63 end: 27246239 size: 12.99 GiB set partitiontype ( SUCCES ) copy contents of /dev/sdb2 to /dev/sda1 ( SUCCES ) dd bs=8192 if=/dev/sdb2 of=/dev/sda1 1701885+1 records in 1701885+1 records out 13941849600 bytes (14 GB) copied, 382.157 seconds, 36.5 MB/s check filesystem on /dev/sda1 for errors and (if possible) fix them ( ERROR ) e2fsck -f -y -v /dev/sda1 /dev/sda1 is mounted. e2fsck 1.40-WIP (14-Nov-2006) e2fsck: Cannot continue, aborting. ========================================