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date="2023-02-03"
author="spanskiduh"
title="disk-utils"
description="click to read about disk-utils"
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# Disk utils 

## Use dd
It should work
`dd if=/dev/old of=/dev/new bs=64K conv=noerror,sync`

## Resize drive

### ext4
`resize2fs /dev/sdb 100G` -> resized my partition on hetzner from 50G to 100G ez


### Lvm
How to resize it:
`https://www.linuxtechi.com/extend-lvm-partitions/`

### Best page to check if you land here:
[red_hat](https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/6/html/storage_administration_guide/part-file-systems)