diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3b555c15..fe9eed85 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+2006-05-23 Bart Hakvoort <hakvoort@cvs.gnome.org>
+
+	* Use ped_device_read and ped_device_write instead of 'dd' to copy
+	  filesystems.
+	  Modified progressdetails to provide more detailed feedback about a
+	  process.
+	  Basicly these were all changes to the infrastructure to make the
+	  incorporation of the 'move-code' a bit easier. 
+	
+	  ( sorry, not in the mood to list all affected files ;) 
+
 2006-05-13 Bart Hakvoort <hakvoort@cvs.gnome.org>
 
 	* configure.in: bumped to gparted-0.2.5
diff --git a/include/Dialog_Progress.h b/include/Dialog_Progress.h
index 707f4e2e..c5ff0936 100644
--- a/include/Dialog_Progress.h
+++ b/include/Dialog_Progress.h
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ private:
 	bool on_delete_event( GdkEventAny * event ) ;
 
 	Gtk::Label label_current ;
+	Gtk::Label label_current_sub ;
 	Gtk::ProgressBar progressbar_all, progressbar_current ;
 	Gtk::TreeView treeview_operations ;
 	Gtk::TreeRow treerow ;
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ private:
 	treeview_operations_Columns treeview_operations_columns;
 	
 	std::vector<Operation *> operations ;
-	bool pulse, succes, cancel ;
+	bool running, succes, cancel, pulse ;
 	pthread_t pthread ;
 	double fraction ;
 	unsigned int t ;
diff --git a/include/GParted_Core.h b/include/GParted_Core.h
index 7c92af25..cdc9481c 100644
--- a/include/GParted_Core.h
+++ b/include/GParted_Core.h
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public:
 		     const Partition & partition_old,
 		     const Partition & partition_new,
 		     std::vector<OperationDetails> & operation_detail ) ; 
-	bool copy( const Glib::ustring & src_part_path,
+	bool copy( const Partition & partition_src,
 		   Partition & partition_dest,
 		   Sector min_size,
 		   std::vector<OperationDetails> & operation_details ) ; 
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ private:
 					    const Partition & partition_new,
 					    std::vector<OperationDetails> & operation_details ) ;
 
+	bool copy_filesystem( const Partition & partition_src,
+			      const Partition & partition_dest,
+			      std::vector<OperationDetails> & operation_details ) ;
+						
 	void set_proper_filesystem( const FILESYSTEM & filesystem ) ;
 	bool set_partition_type( const Partition & partition,
 				 std::vector<OperationDetails> & operation_details ) ;
diff --git a/include/Operation.h b/include/Operation.h
index e7648380..9ec0f101 100644
--- a/include/Operation.h
+++ b/include/Operation.h
@@ -43,16 +43,21 @@ struct OperationDetails
 	OperationDetails()
 	{
 		status = NONE ;
+		fraction = -1 ;
 	}
 
 	OperationDetails( const Glib::ustring & description, Status status = EXECUTE )
 	{
 		this ->description = description ;
 		this ->status = status ;
+
+		fraction = -1 ;
 	}
 
 	Glib::ustring description ;
 	Status status ; 
+	double fraction ;
+	Glib::ustring progress_text ;
 
 	std::vector<OperationDetails> sub_details ; 	
 };
diff --git a/include/Utils.h b/include/Utils.h
index b06a02fd..84d36dc1 100644
--- a/include/Utils.h
+++ b/include/Utils.h
@@ -84,8 +84,9 @@ struct FS
 	enum Support
 	{
 		NONE		= 0,
-		LIBPARTED	= 1,
-		EXTERNAL	= 2
+		GPARTED		= 1,
+		LIBPARTED	= 2,
+		EXTERNAL	= 3
 	};
 
 	FILESYSTEM filesystem ;
diff --git a/src/Dialog_Progress.cc b/src/Dialog_Progress.cc
index 35907c16..2519048c 100644
--- a/src/Dialog_Progress.cc
+++ b/src/Dialog_Progress.cc
@@ -45,13 +45,14 @@ Dialog_Progress::Dialog_Progress( const std::vector<Operation *> & operations )
 	str_temp += "\n";
 	this ->get_vbox() ->pack_start( * Utils::mk_label( str_temp ), Gtk::PACK_SHRINK );
 	
-	this ->get_vbox() ->pack_start( * Utils::mk_label( "<b>" + static_cast<Glib::ustring>( _("Current Operation:") ) + "</b>" ), Gtk::PACK_SHRINK );
-	
+	label_current .set_alignment( Gtk::ALIGN_LEFT );
+	this ->get_vbox() ->pack_start( label_current, Gtk::PACK_SHRINK ) ;
+
 	progressbar_current .set_pulse_step( 0.01 ) ;
 	this->get_vbox() ->pack_start( progressbar_current, Gtk::PACK_SHRINK );
 	
-	label_current .set_alignment( Gtk::ALIGN_LEFT );
-	this ->get_vbox() ->pack_start( label_current, Gtk::PACK_SHRINK );
+	label_current_sub .set_alignment( Gtk::ALIGN_LEFT );
+	this ->get_vbox() ->pack_start( label_current_sub, Gtk::PACK_SHRINK );
 	
 	this ->get_vbox() ->pack_start( * Utils::mk_label( "<b>" + static_cast<Glib::ustring>( _("Completed Operations:") ) + "</b>" ), Gtk::PACK_SHRINK );
 	this ->get_vbox() ->pack_start( progressbar_all, Gtk::PACK_SHRINK );
@@ -146,6 +147,19 @@ void Dialog_Progress::update_operation_details( const Gtk::TreeRow & treerow,
 		}
 	}
 
+	//check description and update if necessary
+	if ( operation_details .description != treerow[ treeview_operations_columns .operation_description ] )
+		treerow[ treeview_operations_columns .operation_description ] = operation_details .description ;
+
+	if ( operation_details .fraction >= 0 )
+	{
+		pulse = false ;
+		progressbar_current .set_fraction( operation_details .fraction ) ;
+		progressbar_current .set_text( operation_details .progress_text ) ;
+	}
+	else
+		pulse = true ;
+
 	//and update the children..
 	for ( unsigned int t = 0 ; t < operation_details .sub_details .size() ; t++ )
 		update_operation_details( treerow .children()[ t ], operation_details .sub_details[ t ] ) ;
@@ -155,7 +169,7 @@ void Dialog_Progress::on_signal_show()
 {
 	for ( t = 0 ; t < operations .size() && succes && ! cancel ; t++ )
 	{
-		label_current .set_markup( "<i>" + operations[ t ] ->description + "</i>\n" ) ;
+		label_current .set_markup( "<b>" + operations[ t ] ->description + "</b>" ) ;
 		
 		progressbar_all .set_text( String::ucompose( _("%1 of %2 operations completed"), t, operations .size() ) ) ;
 		progressbar_all .set_fraction( fraction * t ) ;
@@ -170,19 +184,30 @@ void Dialog_Progress::on_signal_show()
 		treeview_operations .set_cursor( static_cast<Gtk::TreePath>( treerow ) ) ;
 		
 		//and start..
-		pulse = true ;
+		running = true ;
 		pthread_create( & pthread, NULL, Dialog_Progress::static_pthread_apply_operation, this );
-	
-		while ( pulse )
-		{
-			update_operation_details( treerow, operations[ t ] ->operation_details ) ;
 
-			progressbar_current .pulse() ;
+		int ms = 200 ;
+		while ( running )
+		{
+			if ( ms >= 200 )
+			{
+				update_operation_details( treerow, operations[ t ] ->operation_details ) ;
+				if ( operations[ t ] ->operation_details .sub_details .size() > 0 )
+					label_current_sub .set_markup( 
+						"<i>" + 
+						operations[ t ] ->operation_details .sub_details .back() .description +
+						"</i>\n" ) ;
+				ms = 0 ;
+			}
+			if ( pulse )
+				progressbar_current .pulse() ;
 			
 			while ( Gtk::Main::events_pending() )
 				Gtk::Main::iteration();
 
 			usleep( 10000 ) ;
+			ms += 10 ;
 		}
 
 		//set status (succes/error) for this operation
@@ -207,10 +232,9 @@ void Dialog_Progress::on_signal_show()
 	else
 	{
 		//hide 'current operation' stuff
-		children = this ->get_vbox() ->get_children() ;
-		children[ 1 ] ->hide() ;
-		progressbar_current .hide() ;
 		label_current .hide() ;
+		progressbar_current .hide() ;
+		label_current_sub .hide() ;
 	}
 
 	//deal with succes/error...
@@ -260,7 +284,7 @@ void * Dialog_Progress::static_pthread_apply_operation( void * p_dialog_progress
 	
 	dp ->succes = dp ->signal_apply_operation .emit( dp ->operations[ dp ->t ] ) ;
 	
-	dp ->pulse = false ;
+	dp ->running = false ;
 
 	return NULL ;
 }
@@ -283,7 +307,7 @@ void Dialog_Progress::on_cancel()
 	{
 		pthread_cancel( pthread ) ;
 		cancel = true ;
-		pulse = false ;
+		running = false ;
 		succes = false ;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/GParted_Core.cc b/src/GParted_Core.cc
index 07e31a57..cc104d13 100644
--- a/src/GParted_Core.cc
+++ b/src/GParted_Core.cc
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ bool GParted_Core::apply_operation_to_disk( Operation * operation )
 			return format( operation ->partition_new, operation ->operation_details .sub_details ) ;
 		case COPY: 
 			operation ->partition_new .add_path( operation ->partition_original .get_path(), true ) ;
-			return copy( static_cast<OperationCopy*>( operation ) ->partition_copied .get_path(),
+			return copy( static_cast<OperationCopy*>( operation ) ->partition_copied,
 				     operation ->partition_new,
 				     static_cast<OperationCopy*>( operation ) ->partition_copied .get_length(),
 				     operation ->operation_details .sub_details ) ;
@@ -782,26 +782,53 @@ bool GParted_Core::resize( const Device & device,
 	return false ;
 }
 
-bool GParted_Core::copy( const Glib::ustring & src_part_path,
+bool GParted_Core::copy( const Partition & partition_src,
 			 Partition & partition_dest,
 			 Sector min_size,
 			 std::vector<OperationDetails> & operation_details ) 
 {
-//FIXME: some filesystems (e.g. fat*) can be copied using libparted..
-
 	set_proper_filesystem( partition_dest .filesystem ) ;
-	if ( p_filesystem && p_filesystem ->Check_Repair( Partition( src_part_path ), operation_details ) )
+	if ( p_filesystem && p_filesystem ->Check_Repair( partition_src, operation_details ) )
 	{
 		bool succes = true ;
 		if ( partition_dest .status == GParted::STAT_NEW )
 			succes = create_empty_partition( partition_dest, operation_details, min_size ) ;
 
-		return ( succes &&
-			 set_partition_type( partition_dest, operation_details ) &&
-			 p_filesystem ->Copy( src_part_path, partition_dest .get_path(), operation_details ) &&
-			 p_filesystem ->Check_Repair( partition_dest, operation_details ) &&
-			 p_filesystem ->Resize( partition_dest, operation_details, true ) &&
-	     		 p_filesystem ->Check_Repair( partition_dest, operation_details ) ) ;
+		if ( succes && set_partition_type( partition_dest, operation_details ) )
+		{
+			operation_details .push_back( OperationDetails( 
+				String::ucompose( _("copy filesystem of %1 to %2"),
+						  partition_src .get_path(),
+						  partition_dest .get_path() ) ) ) ;
+
+			switch ( get_fs( partition_dest .filesystem ) .copy )
+			{
+				case  GParted::FS::GPARTED :
+						succes = copy_filesystem( partition_src,
+									  partition_dest,
+									  operation_details ) ;
+						break ;
+				
+				case  GParted::FS::LIBPARTED :
+						//FIXME: see if copying through libparted has any advantages
+						break ;
+
+				case  GParted::FS::EXTERNAL :
+						succes = p_filesystem ->Copy( partition_src .get_path(),
+								     	      partition_dest .get_path(),
+									      operation_details ) ;
+						break ;
+
+				default :
+						succes = false ;
+						break ;
+			}
+			
+			return ( succes &&	
+			     	 p_filesystem ->Check_Repair( partition_dest, operation_details ) &&
+			     	 p_filesystem ->Resize( partition_dest, operation_details, true ) &&
+			     	 p_filesystem ->Check_Repair( partition_dest, operation_details ) ) ;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return false ;
@@ -1027,19 +1054,17 @@ bool GParted_Core::create_empty_partition( Partition & new_partition,
 					free( lp_path ) ;
 
 					new_partition .partition_number = lp_partition ->num ;
-
-					Sector start = lp_partition ->geom .start ;
-					Sector end = lp_partition ->geom .end ;
+					new_partition .sector_start = lp_partition ->geom .start ;
+					new_partition .sector_end = lp_partition ->geom .end ;
 					
-					operation_details .back() .sub_details .push_back( 
-						OperationDetails( 
-							"<i>" +
-							String::ucompose( _("path: %1"), new_partition .get_path() ) + "\n" +
-							String::ucompose( _("start: %1"), start ) + "\n" +
-							String::ucompose( _("end: %1"), end ) + "\n" +
-							String::ucompose( _("size: %1"), Utils::format_size( end - start + 1 ) ) + 
-							"</i>",
-							OperationDetails::NONE ) ) ;
+					operation_details .back() .sub_details .push_back( OperationDetails( 
+						"<i>" +
+						String::ucompose( _("path: %1"), new_partition .get_path() ) + "\n" +
+						String::ucompose( _("start: %1"), new_partition .sector_start ) + "\n" +
+						String::ucompose( _("end: %1"), new_partition .sector_end ) + "\n" +
+						String::ucompose( _("size: %1"), Utils::format_size( new_partition .get_length() ) ) + 
+						"</i>",
+						OperationDetails::NONE ) ) ;
 				}
 			
 				ped_constraint_destroy( constraint );
@@ -1231,6 +1256,112 @@ bool GParted_Core::resize_normal_using_libparted( const Partition & partition_ol
 	return return_value ;
 }
 
+bool GParted_Core::copy_filesystem( const Partition & partition_src,
+				    const Partition & partition_dest,
+				    std::vector<OperationDetails> & operation_details ) 
+{//FIXME: try to increase speed by copying more sectors at once, this should probably become a userspace setting
+	bool succes = false ;
+
+	char buf[1024] ;
+	PedDevice *lp_device_src, *lp_device_dest ;
+//FIXME: adapt open_device() so we don't have to call ped_device_get() here
+//(same goes for close_device() and ped_device_destroy()
+	lp_device_src = ped_device_get( partition_src .device_path .c_str() );
+
+	if ( partition_src .device_path != partition_dest .device_path )
+		lp_device_dest = ped_device_get( partition_dest .device_path .c_str() );
+	else
+		lp_device_dest = lp_device_src ;
+
+	if ( lp_device_src && lp_device_dest && ped_device_open( lp_device_src ) && ped_device_open( lp_device_dest ) )
+	{
+		ped_device_sync( lp_device_dest ) ;
+
+		//add an empty sub which we will constantly update in the loop
+		operation_details .back() .sub_details .push_back( 
+			OperationDetails( "", OperationDetails::NONE ) ) ;
+
+		Glib::ustring error_message ;
+		Sector t = 0 ;
+		for ( ; t < partition_src .get_length() ; t++ )
+		{
+			if ( ! ped_device_read( lp_device_src, buf, partition_src .sector_start + t, 1 ) )
+			{
+				error_message = "<i>" + String::ucompose( _("Error while reading sector %1"),
+							  	  	  partition_src .sector_start + t ) + "</i>" ;
+
+				break ;
+			}
+				
+			if ( ! ped_device_write( lp_device_dest, buf, partition_dest .sector_start + t, 1 ) )
+			{
+				error_message = "<i>" + String::ucompose( _("Error while writing sector %1"),
+							  	  	  partition_src .sector_start + t ) + "</i>" ;
+
+				break ;
+			}
+
+			if ( t % MEBIBYTE == 0 )
+			{
+				operation_details .back() .sub_details .back() .progress_text =
+					String::ucompose( _("%1 of %2 copied"),
+							  Utils::format_size( t +1 ),
+							  Utils::format_size( partition_src .get_length() ) ) ; 
+				
+				operation_details .back() .sub_details .back() .description =
+					"<i>" + operation_details .back() .sub_details .back() .progress_text + "</i>" ;
+
+				operation_details .back() .sub_details .back() .fraction =
+					t / static_cast<double>( partition_src .get_length() ) ;
+			}
+		}
+
+		//final description
+		operation_details .back() .sub_details .back() .description =
+			"<i>" +
+			String::ucompose( _("%1 of %2 copied"),
+					  Utils::format_size( t +1 ),
+					  Utils::format_size( partition_src .get_length() ) ) + 
+					  "</i>" ;
+		//reset fraction to -1 to make room for a new one (or a pulsebar)
+		operation_details .back() .sub_details .back() .fraction = -1 ;
+
+		if ( t == partition_src .get_length() )
+		{
+			succes = true ;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			if ( ! error_message .empty() )
+				operation_details .back() .sub_details .push_back( 
+					OperationDetails( error_message, OperationDetails::NONE ) ) ;
+
+			if ( ! ped_error .empty() )
+				operation_details .back() .sub_details .push_back( 
+					OperationDetails( "<i>" + ped_error + "</i>", OperationDetails::NONE ) ) ;
+		}
+		
+		//close the devices..
+		ped_device_close( lp_device_src ) ;
+
+		if ( partition_src .device_path != partition_dest .device_path )
+			ped_device_close( lp_device_dest ) ;
+
+		//detroy the devices..
+		ped_device_destroy( lp_device_src ) ; 
+
+		if ( partition_src .device_path != partition_dest .device_path )
+			ped_device_destroy( lp_device_dest ) ;
+	}
+	else
+		operation_details .back() .sub_details .push_back( 
+			OperationDetails( _("An error occured while opening the devices"), OperationDetails::NONE ) ) ;
+
+
+	operation_details .back() .status = succes ? OperationDetails::SUCCES : OperationDetails::ERROR ;
+	return succes ;
+}
+
 void GParted_Core::set_flags( Partition & partition )
 {
 	for ( unsigned int t = 0 ; t < flags .size() ; t++ )
@@ -1344,7 +1475,8 @@ bool GParted_Core::erase_filesystem_signatures( const Partition & partition )
 
 	return return_value ;
 }
-
+//FIXME open_device( _and_disk) and the close functions should take an PedDevice * and PedDisk * as argument
+//basicly we should get rid of these global lp_device and lp_disk
 bool GParted_Core::open_device( const Glib::ustring & device_path )
 {
 	lp_device = ped_device_get( device_path .c_str() );
diff --git a/src/ext2.cc b/src/ext2.cc
index 82bae23f..490af817 100644
--- a/src/ext2.cc
+++ b/src/ext2.cc
@@ -34,18 +34,15 @@ FS ext2::get_filesystem_support()
 	if ( ! Glib::find_program_in_path( "e2fsck" ) .empty() )
 		fs .check = GParted::FS::EXTERNAL ;
 	
-	//resizing is a delicate process ...
 	if ( ! Glib::find_program_in_path( "resize2fs" ) .empty() && fs .check )
 	{
 		fs .grow = GParted::FS::EXTERNAL ;
+		fs .copy = GParted::FS::GPARTED ;
 		
 		if ( fs .read ) //needed to determine a min filesystemsize..
 			fs .shrink = GParted::FS::EXTERNAL ;
 	}
 	
-	if ( ! Glib::find_program_in_path( "dd" ) .empty() && fs .grow )
-		fs .copy = GParted::FS::EXTERNAL ;
-		
 	return fs ;
 }
 
@@ -119,20 +116,7 @@ bool ext2::Copy( const Glib::ustring & src_part_path,
 		 const Glib::ustring & dest_part_path,
 		 std::vector<OperationDetails> & operation_details )
 {
-	operation_details .push_back( OperationDetails( 
-				String::ucompose( _("copy contents of %1 to %2"), src_part_path, dest_part_path ) ) ) ;
-	
-	if ( ! execute_command( "dd bs=8192 if=" + src_part_path + " of=" + dest_part_path,
-				 operation_details .back() .sub_details ) )
-	{
-		operation_details .back() .status = OperationDetails::SUCCES ;
-		return true ;	
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		operation_details .back() .status = OperationDetails::ERROR ;
-		return false ;
-	}
+	return true ;
 }
 
 bool ext2::Check_Repair( const Partition & partition, std::vector<OperationDetails> & operation_details )
@@ -143,7 +127,10 @@ bool ext2::Check_Repair( const Partition & partition, std::vector<OperationDetai
 	
 	exit_status = execute_command( "e2fsck -f -y -v " + partition .get_path(),
 				       operation_details .back() .sub_details ) ;
-	if ( exit_status >= 0 && exit_status <= 2 )
+	
+	//exitstatus 256 isn't documented, but it's returned when the 'FILESYSTEM IS MODIFIED'
+	//this is quite normal (especially after a copy) so we let the function return true...
+	if ( exit_status == 0 || exit_status == 1 || exit_status == 2 || exit_status == 256 )
 	{
 		operation_details .back() .status = OperationDetails::SUCCES ;
 		return true ;
diff --git a/src/ext3.cc b/src/ext3.cc
index 28a8374d..599c426a 100644
--- a/src/ext3.cc
+++ b/src/ext3.cc
@@ -35,18 +35,15 @@ FS ext3::get_filesystem_support()
 	if ( ! Glib::find_program_in_path( "e2fsck" ) .empty() )
 		fs .check = GParted::FS::EXTERNAL ;
 	
-	//resizing is a delicate process ...
 	if ( ! Glib::find_program_in_path( "resize2fs" ) .empty() && fs .check )
 	{
 		fs .grow = GParted::FS::EXTERNAL ;
+		fs .copy = GParted::FS::GPARTED ;
 		
 		if ( fs .read ) //needed to determine a min filesystemsize..
 			fs .shrink = GParted::FS::EXTERNAL ;
 	}
 	
-	if ( ! Glib::find_program_in_path( "dd" ) .empty() && fs .grow )
-		fs .copy = GParted::FS::EXTERNAL ;
-	
 	return fs ;
 }
 
@@ -120,20 +117,7 @@ bool ext3::Copy( const Glib::ustring & src_part_path,
 		 const Glib::ustring & dest_part_path,
 		 std::vector<OperationDetails> & operation_details )
 {
-	operation_details .push_back( OperationDetails( 
-				String::ucompose( _("copy contents of %1 to %2"), src_part_path, dest_part_path ) ) ) ;
-	
-	if ( ! execute_command( "dd bs=8192 if=" + src_part_path + " of=" + dest_part_path,
-				 operation_details .back() .sub_details ) )
-	{
-		operation_details .back() .status = OperationDetails::SUCCES ;
-		return true ;	
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		operation_details .back() .status = OperationDetails::ERROR ;
-		return false ;
-	}
+	return true ;
 }
 
 bool ext3::Check_Repair( const Partition & partition, std::vector<OperationDetails> & operation_details )
@@ -144,7 +128,10 @@ bool ext3::Check_Repair( const Partition & partition, std::vector<OperationDetai
 	
 	exit_status = execute_command( "e2fsck -f -y -v " + partition .get_path(),
 				       operation_details .back() .sub_details ) ;
-	if ( exit_status >= 0 && exit_status <= 2 )
+
+	//exitstatus 256 isn't documented, but it's returned when the 'FILESYSTEM IS MODIFIED'
+	//this is quite normal (especially after a copy) so we let the function return true...
+	if ( exit_status == 0 || exit_status == 1 || exit_status == 2 || exit_status == 256 )
 	{
 		operation_details .back() .status = OperationDetails::SUCCES ;
 		return true ;
diff --git a/src/fat16.cc b/src/fat16.cc
index b5f34d54..92ee29d8 100644
--- a/src/fat16.cc
+++ b/src/fat16.cc
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ FS fat16::get_filesystem_support()
 	fs .shrink = GParted::FS::LIBPARTED ;
 	fs .move = GParted::FS::LIBPARTED ;
 		
-	if ( ! Glib::find_program_in_path( "dd" ) .empty() )
-		fs .copy = GParted::FS::EXTERNAL ;
+	fs .copy = GParted::FS::GPARTED ;
 	
 	fs .MIN = 16 * MEBIBYTE ;
 	fs .MAX = 4096 * MEBIBYTE ;
@@ -103,20 +102,7 @@ bool fat16::Copy( const Glib::ustring & src_part_path,
 		  const Glib::ustring & dest_part_path,
 		  std::vector<OperationDetails> & operation_details )
 {
-	operation_details .push_back( OperationDetails( 
-				String::ucompose( _("copy contents of %1 to %2"), src_part_path, dest_part_path ) ) ) ;
-	
-	if ( ! execute_command( "dd bs=8192 if=" + src_part_path + " of=" + dest_part_path,
-				 operation_details .back() .sub_details ) )
-	{
-		operation_details .back() .status = OperationDetails::SUCCES ;
-		return true ;	
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		operation_details .back() .status = OperationDetails::ERROR ;
-		return false ;
-	}
+	return true ;
 }
 
 bool fat16::Check_Repair( const Partition & partition, std::vector<OperationDetails> & operation_details )
diff --git a/src/fat32.cc b/src/fat32.cc
index 5152abf2..f8e16e7d 100644
--- a/src/fat32.cc
+++ b/src/fat32.cc
@@ -41,8 +41,9 @@ FS fat32::get_filesystem_support()
 	fs .shrink = GParted::FS::LIBPARTED ;
 	fs .move = GParted::FS::LIBPARTED ;
 		
-	if ( ! Glib::find_program_in_path( "dd" ) .empty() )
-		fs .copy = GParted::FS::EXTERNAL ;
+//FIXME: find a way to decouple FS and partitionresizing when using libparted..
+//this is especially important while copying fat* FS's 
+	fs .copy = GParted::FS::GPARTED ;
 	
 	fs .MIN = 32 * MEBIBYTE ; //smaller fs'es will cause windows scandisk to fail..
 	
@@ -102,20 +103,7 @@ bool fat32::Copy( const Glib::ustring & src_part_path,
 		  const Glib::ustring & dest_part_path,
 		  std::vector<OperationDetails> & operation_details )
 {
-	operation_details .push_back( OperationDetails( 
-				String::ucompose( _("copy contents of %1 to %2"), src_part_path, dest_part_path ) ) ) ;
-	
-	if ( ! execute_command( "dd bs=8192 if=" + src_part_path + " of=" + dest_part_path,
-				 operation_details .back() .sub_details ) )
-	{
-		operation_details .back() .status = OperationDetails::SUCCES ;
-		return true ;	
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		operation_details .back() .status = OperationDetails::ERROR ;
-		return false ;
-	}
+	return true ;
 }
 
 bool fat32::Check_Repair( const Partition & partition, std::vector<OperationDetails> & operation_details )
diff --git a/src/hfs.cc b/src/hfs.cc
index 4c2d8af5..0784b445 100644
--- a/src/hfs.cc
+++ b/src/hfs.cc
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ FS hfs::get_filesystem_support()
 	if ( ! Glib::find_program_in_path( "hformat" ) .empty() )
 		fs .create = GParted::FS::EXTERNAL ;
 	
-	if ( ! Glib::find_program_in_path( "dd" ) .empty() )
-		fs .copy = GParted::FS::EXTERNAL ;
+	fs .copy = GParted::FS::GPARTED ;
 	
 	fs .MAX = 2048 * MEBIBYTE ;
 	
@@ -74,20 +73,7 @@ bool hfs::Copy( const Glib::ustring & src_part_path,
 		const Glib::ustring & dest_part_path,
 		std::vector<OperationDetails> & operation_details )
 {
-	operation_details .push_back( OperationDetails( 
-				String::ucompose( _("copy contents of %1 to %2"), src_part_path, dest_part_path ) ) ) ;
-
-	if ( ! execute_command( "dd bs=8192 if=" + src_part_path + " of=" + dest_part_path,
-				 operation_details .back() .sub_details ) )
-	{
-		operation_details .back() .status = OperationDetails::SUCCES ;
-		return true ;	
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		operation_details .back() .status = OperationDetails::ERROR ;
-		return false ;
-	}
+	return true ;
 }
 
 bool hfs::Check_Repair( const Partition & partition, std::vector<OperationDetails> & operation_details )
diff --git a/src/hfsplus.cc b/src/hfsplus.cc
index 0ee77f1b..1a670a2f 100644
--- a/src/hfsplus.cc
+++ b/src/hfsplus.cc
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ FS hfsplus::get_filesystem_support( )
 	fs .read = GParted::FS::LIBPARTED ; 
 	fs .shrink = GParted::FS::LIBPARTED ; 
 	
-	if ( ! Glib::find_program_in_path( "dd" ) .empty() )
-		fs .copy = GParted::FS::EXTERNAL ;
+	fs .copy = GParted::FS::GPARTED ;
 	
 	return fs ;
 }
@@ -56,20 +55,7 @@ bool hfsplus::Copy( const Glib::ustring & src_part_path,
 		    const Glib::ustring & dest_part_path,
 		    std::vector<OperationDetails> & operation_details )
 {
-	operation_details .push_back( OperationDetails( 
-				String::ucompose( _("copy contents of %1 to %2"), src_part_path, dest_part_path ) ) ) ;
-
-	if ( ! execute_command( "dd bs=8192 if=" + src_part_path + " of=" + dest_part_path,
-				 operation_details .back() .sub_details ) )
-	{
-		operation_details .back() .status = OperationDetails::SUCCES ;
-		return true ;	
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		operation_details .back() .status = OperationDetails::ERROR ;
-		return false ;
-	}
+	return true ;
 }
 
 bool hfsplus::Check_Repair( const Partition & partition, std::vector<OperationDetails> & operation_details )
diff --git a/src/jfs.cc b/src/jfs.cc
index 91ca4793..1f437d11 100644
--- a/src/jfs.cc
+++ b/src/jfs.cc
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ FS jfs::get_filesystem_support()
 			input .close() ;
 		}
 	}
-	
-	if ( ! Glib::find_program_in_path( "dd" ) .empty() && fs .grow )
-		fs .copy = GParted::FS::EXTERNAL ;
+
+	if ( fs .grow )
+		fs .copy = GParted::FS::GPARTED ;
 	
 	fs .MIN = 16 * MEBIBYTE ;
 	
@@ -203,21 +203,7 @@ bool jfs::Copy( const Glib::ustring & src_part_path,
 		const Glib::ustring & dest_part_path,
 		std::vector<OperationDetails> & operation_details )
 {
-	operation_details .push_back( OperationDetails( 
-				String::ucompose( _("copy contents of %1 to %2"), src_part_path, dest_part_path ) ) ) ;
-	
-	if ( ! execute_command( "dd bs=8192 if=" + src_part_path + " of=" + dest_part_path,
-				operation_details .back() .sub_details ) )
-	{
-		operation_details .back() .status = OperationDetails::SUCCES ;
-		return true ;
-		
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		operation_details .back() .status = OperationDetails::ERROR ;
-		return false ;
-	}
+	return true ;
 }
 
 bool jfs::Check_Repair( const Partition & partition, std::vector<OperationDetails> & operation_details )
diff --git a/src/linux_swap.cc b/src/linux_swap.cc
index a1fcaef7..f7730899 100644
--- a/src/linux_swap.cc
+++ b/src/linux_swap.cc
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ FS linux_swap::get_filesystem_support()
 		fs .move = GParted::FS::EXTERNAL ;
 	}
 	
-	if ( ! Glib::find_program_in_path( "dd" ) .empty() )
-		fs .copy = GParted::FS::EXTERNAL ;
+	fs .copy = GParted::FS::GPARTED ;
 	
 	return fs ;
 }
@@ -74,20 +73,7 @@ bool linux_swap::Copy( const Glib::ustring & src_part_path,
 		       const Glib::ustring & dest_part_path,
 		       std::vector<OperationDetails> & operation_details )
 {
-	operation_details .push_back( OperationDetails( 
-				String::ucompose( _("copy contents of %1 to %2"), src_part_path, dest_part_path ) ) ) ;
-	
-	if ( ! execute_command( "dd bs=8192 if=" + src_part_path + " of=" + dest_part_path,
-				 operation_details .back() .sub_details ) )
-	{
-		operation_details .back() .status = OperationDetails::SUCCES ;
-		return true ;	
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		operation_details .back() .status = OperationDetails::ERROR ;
-		return false ;
-	}
+	return true ;
 }
 
 bool linux_swap::Check_Repair( const Partition & partition, std::vector<OperationDetails> & operation_details )
diff --git a/src/ntfs.cc b/src/ntfs.cc
index 6af93937..e52b68d6 100644
--- a/src/ntfs.cc
+++ b/src/ntfs.cc
@@ -138,9 +138,6 @@ bool ntfs::Copy( const Glib::ustring & src_part_path,
 		 const Glib::ustring & dest_part_path, 
 		 std::vector<OperationDetails> & operation_details )
 {
-	operation_details .push_back( OperationDetails( 
-				String::ucompose( _("copy contents of %1 to %2"), src_part_path, dest_part_path ) ) ) ;
-	
 	if ( ! execute_command( "ntfsclone -f --overwrite " + dest_part_path + " " + src_part_path,
 				 operation_details .back() .sub_details ) )
 	{
diff --git a/src/reiser4.cc b/src/reiser4.cc
index 9ed38711..f7f1da27 100644
--- a/src/reiser4.cc
+++ b/src/reiser4.cc
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ FS reiser4::get_filesystem_support()
 	if ( ! Glib::find_program_in_path( "fsck.reiser4" ) .empty() )
 		fs .check = GParted::FS::EXTERNAL ;
 	
-	if ( ! Glib::find_program_in_path( "dd" ) .empty() )
-		fs .copy = GParted::FS::EXTERNAL ;
+	fs .copy = GParted::FS::GPARTED ;
 	
 	/*
 	 * IT SEEMS RESIZE AND COPY AREN'T IMPLEMENTED YET IN THE TOOLS...
@@ -96,20 +95,7 @@ bool reiser4::Copy( const Glib::ustring & src_part_path,
 		    const Glib::ustring & dest_part_path,
 		    std::vector<OperationDetails> & operation_details )
 {
-	operation_details .push_back( OperationDetails( 
-				String::ucompose( _("copy contents of %1 to %2"), src_part_path, dest_part_path ) ) ) ;
-
-	if ( ! execute_command( "dd bs=8192 if=" + src_part_path + " of=" + dest_part_path,
-				 operation_details .back() .sub_details ) )
-	{
-		operation_details .back() .status = OperationDetails::SUCCES ;
-		return true ;	
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		operation_details .back() .status = OperationDetails::ERROR ;
-		return false ;
-	}
+	return true ;
 }
 
 bool reiser4::Check_Repair( const Partition & partition, std::vector<OperationDetails> & operation_details )
diff --git a/src/reiserfs.cc b/src/reiserfs.cc
index 24825997..64b5bc72 100644
--- a/src/reiserfs.cc
+++ b/src/reiserfs.cc
@@ -39,15 +39,12 @@ FS reiserfs::get_filesystem_support()
 	if ( ! Glib::find_program_in_path( "resize_reiserfs" ) .empty() && fs .check )
 	{
 		fs .grow = GParted::FS::EXTERNAL ;
+		fs .copy = GParted::FS::GPARTED ;
 		
 		if ( fs .read ) //needed to determine a min filesystemsize..
 			fs .shrink = GParted::FS::EXTERNAL ;
 	}
 	
-	//we need to call resize_reiserfs after a copy to get proper used/unused
-	if ( ! Glib::find_program_in_path( "dd" ) .empty() && fs .grow )
-		fs .copy = GParted::FS::EXTERNAL ;
-	
 	fs .MIN = 32 * MEBIBYTE ;
 	
 	return fs ;
@@ -109,8 +106,9 @@ bool reiserfs::Resize( const Partition & partition_new,
 		str_temp += Utils::num_to_str( Utils::round( Utils::sector_to_unit(
 				partition_new .get_length() - cylinder_size, GParted::UNIT_BYTE ) ), true ) ;
 	}
-	
-	if ( ! execute_command( str_temp, operation_details .back() .sub_details ) )
+
+	exit_status = execute_command( str_temp, operation_details .back() .sub_details ) ;
+	if ( exit_status == 0 || exit_status == 256 )
 	{
 		operation_details .back() .status = OperationDetails::SUCCES ;
 		return true ;
@@ -126,20 +124,7 @@ bool reiserfs::Copy( const Glib::ustring & src_part_path,
 		     const Glib::ustring & dest_part_path,
 		     std::vector<OperationDetails> & operation_details )
 {	
-	operation_details .push_back( OperationDetails( 
-				String::ucompose( _("copy contents of %1 to %2"), src_part_path, dest_part_path ) ) ) ;
-	
-	if ( ! execute_command( "dd bs=8192 if=" + src_part_path + " of=" + dest_part_path,
-				operation_details .back() .sub_details ) )
-	{
-		operation_details .back() .status = OperationDetails::SUCCES ;
-		return true ;	
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		operation_details .back() .status = OperationDetails::ERROR ;
-		return false ;
-	}
+	return true ;
 }
 
 bool reiserfs::Check_Repair( const Partition & partition, std::vector<OperationDetails> & operation_details )
diff --git a/src/xfs.cc b/src/xfs.cc
index 9abaef3b..9ee1635d 100644
--- a/src/xfs.cc
+++ b/src/xfs.cc
@@ -203,9 +203,6 @@ bool xfs::Copy( const Glib::ustring & src_part_path,
 		const Glib::ustring & dest_part_path,
 		std::vector<OperationDetails> & operation_details )
 {
-	operation_details .push_back( OperationDetails( 
-				String::ucompose( _("copy contents of %1 to %2"), src_part_path, dest_part_path ) ) ) ;
-	
 	bool return_value = false ;
 	Glib::ustring error ;
 	Glib::ustring SRC = Glib::get_tmp_dir() + "/gparted_tmp_xfs_src_mountpoint" ;