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Re: Needed - a byte perfect image of an entire partition



`dd bs=64k if=/dev/sda of=./image.img conv=noerror,sync status=progress`

You can thank me later.


On 12/18/2017 03:06 PM, Richard Owlett wrote:
> Background:
> I did my first Debian install with Jessie.
> I then went on to multi-boot a variety of versions and preferences.
> There was always an install of current "old-stable" present.
>
> Current problem:
> I intend to wipe everything from dev /sda and do a fresh install using
> configurations and partitioning that I've discovered that meet my
> individualist requirements.
>
> Preserving content of most partitions can be done with Clonezilla.
>
> However one partition was corrupted. I found some data retrieval tools
> which recovered most, but not all, data. I want a byte perfect copy of
> that partition such that in the future I can attempt to retrieve more
> data.
>
> Suggestions?
> TIA
>
>


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