Dd
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Revision as of 07:30, 16 December 2008 by imported>ThorstenStaerk (New page: dd is a utility to create a '''d'''isk '''d'''ump by reading every single block on a disk, e.g. your hard drive. Its architecture is laid out so it can do much more than creating a dum...)
dd is a utility to create a disk dump by reading every single block on a disk, e.g. your hard drive. Its architecture is laid out so it can do much more than creating a dump. Here is what dd can do for you:
- create a disk backup
- create an iso image of a CD
- rescue a file that contains bad blocks
- analyze your disk by displaying selected blocks
- create your own operating system by dumping your bootloader to the boot sector
