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How to make disk image with dd on Linux or Unix

What is a dd image?

Disk cloning is nothing but a mere process of creating an image of an entire disk. This can be useful for copying disks, backups, recovery and more. The dd command is easy to use tool for making such clones.

Warning: You should be very careful when using dd command; it can destroy data. Remember the order of input file (if=) and output file (of=).

How to clone an entire hard disk

The syntax is:
dd if=/dev/input/DEVICE-HERE of=/dev/OUTPUT/DEVICE-HERE bs=64K conv=noerror,sync
To clone /dev/sdc (250G) to /dev/sdd (250G) in Linux, enter:
# dd if=/dev/sdc of=/dev/sdd bs=64K conv=noerror,sync
To clone /dev/ada0 (250G) to /dev/adb0 (250G) in FreeBSD, enter:
# dd if=/dev/ada0 of=/dev/adb0 bs=64K conv=noerror,sync
Where,

1. if=/dev/file : Input device/file.
2. of=/dev/file : Output device/file.
3. bs=64k : Sets the block size to 64k. You can use 128k or any other value.
4. conv=noerror : Tell dd to continue operation, ignoring all read errors.
5. sync : Add input blocks with zeroes if there were any read errors, so data offsets stay in sync.

How to clone a partition

To clone /dev/sdc1 to /dev/sdd1, enter:
# dd if=/dev/sdc1 of=/dev/sdd1 bs=128K conv=noerror,sync
Sample outputs:

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You can boot from a live cd. Once booted, make sure no partitions are mounted from the source hard drive disk. You can store disk image on an external USB disk. The syntax is as follows
dd if=/dev/INPUT/DEVICE-NAME-HERE conv=sync,noerror bs=64K | gzip -c > /path/to/my-disk.image.gz
In this example, create disk image for /dev/da0 i.e. cloning /dev/da0 and save in the current directory:
# dd if=/dev/da0 conv=sync,noerror bs=128K | gzip -c > centos-core-7.gz
Sample outputs:

Fig.01: dd command in action

How to restore system (dd image)

The syntax is:
# gunzip -c IMAGE.HERE-GZ | dd of=/dev/OUTPUT/DEVICE-HERE
For example:
# gunzip -c centos-core-7.gz | dd of=/dev/da0

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Tip #1: Not enough disk space locally? Use remote box

You can send the image through ssh and save it on the remove box called server1.cyberciti.biz:
# dd if=/dev/da0 conv=sync,noerror bs=128K | gzip -c | ssh vivek@server1.cyberciti.biz dd of=centos-core-7.gz

Tip #2: See progress while making an image with dd

gdd (GNU DD) in action with progress bar running on MacOS X

Tip #3: Save extra information

• See how to save and restore MBR only.
• Not a fan of dd? See top 6 open source disk cloning and imaging softwares.
• Want to deal with corrupted disk? Try ddrescue command.

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Создание точной копии диска — Active@ Disk Image Professional 9.1.4

Active@ Disk Image — это программа для создания образов диска, которая делает точную копию любого диска ПК (HDD, SSD, USB, CD, DVD, Blu-ray и т.д.), сохраняет его в папке. Образы дисков могут использоваться для резервного копирования, обновления ПК или дублирования.

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Торрент Создание точной копии диска — Active@ Disk Image Professional 9.1.4 подробно:
Active@ Disk Image создает два типа дисковых образов:
• резервный образ диска используется для резервирования целого компьютера или любого компьютерного диска и содержит только использованное пространство диска
• сырой образ диска содержит идентичную копию каждого сектора диска. Данный образ может быть использован в качестве резервирования не Windows систем для последующего восстановления данных.

Возможности программы:
• Создание и восстановление образа диска без перезагрузки компьютера
• Выбирает только те сектора, которые содержат используемую информацию
• Сохранение образа диска на локальный диск, сетевой диск или прямая запись на диск
• Создание точного посекторного образа для резервирования разделов неизвестных файловых систем
• Создание образа диска любых жестких дисков (IDE, SCSI, USB, FireWire), SSD или флоппи-диска
• Создание ISO образа из оптических дисков с прямой записью на другие диски
• Резервирование данных с базовых дисков или динамических дисков
• Настройка сжатия образа для баланса между размером архива и скоростью записи
• Создание образа нескольких дисковых разделов одновременно и их хранение в едином архиве
• Восстановление выбранных дисков, разделов или индивидуальных файлов из архива
• Запуск Active@ Disk Image из Active@ Boot Disk для исполнения всех операция с образами независимо от ОС
• Автоматическое создание образа дисков с использованием планировщика
• Простые операции с использованием пошаговых Мастеров
• Разделение образа диска на несколько файлов
• Использование функции защиты создаваемых образов паролем
• Легкое перемещение системных и программных файлов на несколько рабочих станций
• И многие другие возможности

Процедура лечения:
— Установить программу;
— заменить файлы disk_image.exe, SETTINGS.INI и winmm.dll на прилагаемые из папки Crack (соблюдать разрядность).

Скриншоты Создание точной копии диска — Active@ Disk Image Professional 9.1.4 торрент:

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