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dd on Windows

opustecnica edited this page Jun 26, 2022 · 2 revisions

dd on Windows Notes

On the windows version of git, you can find the dd utility @

C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\dd.exe
# OR
C:\Progra~1\Git\usr\bin\dd.exe

Identify the appropriate physical disk

Get-CimInstance Win32_diskdrive | select Caption,DeviceID,BytesPerSector,InterfaceType,Size | Format-Table -AutoSize

To backup an sd card, at an elevated prompt or using the sudo utility. (invert if/of to burn an image)

sudo C:\Progra~1\Git\usr\bin\dd.exe of=2022-06-25-raspi-mobile.img if=\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE1 bs=4M conv=fsync status=progress

Compress

7z.exe a -tzip 2022-06-25-raspi-mobile.zip 2022-06-25-raspi-mobile.img -mx7
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