Re: A question about dd
Joel Roth <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.redhat.blinux.general |
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| Message-ID | <20150918220658.GB12532@sprite> |
Anders Holmberg wrote: > Hi! > Does the dd command do a sector by sector copying of a harddisk? > If so then one can do a backup of for example a windows partition with a damaged bootsector? Hi Anders, Probably by "damaged" you mean "corrupted" e.g. so Windows doesn't boot up. In this case, dd *can* make a backup copy. If you want Windows to boot, you can install a bootloader such as Grub, or you may be able to restore the MBR by starting Windows from a rescue disk. Hope this helps, Joel > Thanks. > /A > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Joel Roth