<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8">
<META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/4.0.1">
</HEAD>
<BODY>
I think it will also copy empty sectors.<BR>
<BR>
On Sun, 2011-06-12 at 13:20 -0400, CP Constantine wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>
<PRE>
On 6/12/2011 4:03 AM, YES NOPE9 wrote:
> Great ! Will dd have any problems with NTFS ? I am backing up some WIN
> XP drives .... urk
> 99guspuppet
DD is utterly filesystem-agnostic.. it only understands block devices,
and makes a bit-by-bit copy of them
hence: dd if=/dev/cdrom of=thatdisc.iso
will produce a perfect ISO filesystem image, because that's what is
exposed by /dev/cdrom
likewise for any other block device (partition or otherwise). so
creating a copy of an NTFS partition (or any fs)
# dd if=/dev/sdb3 of=partition.img
# mount -o loop,ro -t ntfs partition.img /mnt/tmp
would copy that ntfs partition, and then mount that filestem image
localy, read-only, under /mnt/tmp (useful for forensics).
also worth looking into, is dd_rescue, which will copy (to the best of
its ability) raw partitions on a damaged drive.
_______________________________________________
clue mailing list: <A HREF="mailto:clue@cluedenver.org">clue@cluedenver.org</A>
For information, account preferences, or to unsubscribe see:
<A HREF="http://cluedenver.org/mailman/listinfo/clue">http://cluedenver.org/mailman/listinfo/clue</A>
</PRE>
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BR>
<BR>
</BODY>
</HTML>