Hard disk backup using dd

[Chong Yu Meng]

Thanks !

Net Llama! wrote:

>On Mon, 10 May 2004, Chong Yu Meng wrote:
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>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>Because of some communication and cultural problems, I need to know how
>>to make a full disk backup. I hear that you can use "dd" to make a CD
>>ISO image which you can transfer to another hard disk (even if it is a
>>different size), but I don't know how to do that.
>>
>>Any help would be deeply appreciated!
>>    
>>
>
>dd if=/dev/original of=backup.iso
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