Re: A question about dd

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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

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