[Linux-disciples] Moving /dev/hda elsewhere

[Stephen R Laniel]

/dev/hda on my machine looks to be dying, so I ordered a new
hard drive. When it arrives, how should I move the data off
/dev/hda? I have an rdiff-backup of the drive, but as of
right now I think the drive is totally readable; is there
any reason I shouldn't just

1) connect the new drive to an IDE cable and plug it in;
2) boot and see which device identifier Linux has assigned
to it (say, /dev/hde);
3) do dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hde

?

I assume I shouldn't do this. Should I just do an
rdiff-backup restore? Or is there a faster way?

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