Re: A question about dd
Tony Baechler <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.redhat.blinux.general |
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| Organization | Baechler Access Technology Services |
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On 9/17/2015 8:47 PM, Anders Holmberg wrote: > Hi! > Does the dd command do a sector by sector copying of a harddisk? Yes. Did you read the man page? There are many options worthy of consideration, especially for faster copying. > If so then one can do a backup of for example a windows partition with a damaged bootsector? No. Windows won't boot with a dd backup if there is more than one hard drive. I found this out from experience. You need to edit the registry before making the copy. I can't direct you further as each case and Windows version is different, so you'll have to try Google. > Thanks. > /A > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > -- -------------------- Tony Baechler, Baechler Access Technology Services Putting accessibility at the forefront of technology mailto:[email protected] Phone: 1-619-746-8310 Fax: 1-619-449-9898