Migrate linux mint installation to different laptop and boot drive

[KenjiUmino]

i managed to bring my beloved thinkpad X220 back from the dead and it's better than ever because i replaced the horrible TN screen with an IPS panel and did some other upgrades. (it even got three extra usb 3.0 ports now)

 

anyways, i pulled the 2.5" SSD from my previous laptop and put it into the X220 and the linux mint install on that SSD worked on the new hardware without a hitch.

 

now the X220 can take a mSATA drive in addition to the 2.5" so my plan is to use a 32gb mSATA as the new boot drive and move everything over except /home.

 

the question is: is there an easy way to move the boot and swap partitions to the mSATA drive without a fresh install while keeping /home on the 2.5" drive?

 

or can i make a backup that does not only contain my files but also my settings, installed programs and the ppa repositories i added for software not found on the default repositories

 

so basically a backup of everything i have done since the original install so i can do another fresh install but only need to do a few mouse clicks to have my system back exactly how it is now?

[Terryv]

Cloning your drive should do the tric

Acronis disk imaging is great but you have to buy it.

[KenjiUmino]

25 minutes ago, Terryv said:

Cloning your drive should do the tric

Acronis disk imaging is great but you have to buy it.

cloning would copy everything to the mSATA including /home wich is over 180 GB large ... good luck "cloning" that to a 32GB drive ... everything else is under 30 GB total so that should fit just fine