Jimmy B. - Creating a Disk Image of a Hard Drive

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This one is really useful if you want to take a quick backup of an entire hard drive. ![](upload://4qAvu1W9BVZuhIvDxvu6uJbP3Ax.png)

root@server.server.com:~# dd if=/dev/sda of=/backup/hdadisk.img

Of course make sure you input the correct if and of values where if is the source drive and of is the output file. ![](upload://xIcGblU3uBAmZtmNvwV0EteHisS.png) Enjoy!

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://jimmyb.ninja/post/1403931560