making a exact copy of a HD

Jason Clinton clintonj at umkc.edu
Thu Dec 5 18:13:07 CST 2002


Dale wrote:
> want to make a byte for byte copy of a HD.
> Ghost isn't EXACT.. and dd don't give me what I want.
> 

dd is exactly what you want if you want a byte for byte copy. You'll have to be 
more specific about what is that's not working for you.

dd will even copy the boot and partition sectors if you point it to the device




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