A question about dd

[Anders Holmberg]

Hi!
Ok.
Google is a very good friend to be honest.
/A
> 18 sep. 2015 kl. 13:25 skrev Tony Baechler <tony at baechler.net>:
> 
> 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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