DD sda1 (or whatever) to a file. Then at some point mount that file as ISO or some other means?

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Death to Windows. I am done with it.

I would like to preserve the Windows partition in case I will need it later. I was wondering if I can use dd to copy the partition to some file so that if I need to I can restore the partition as-is. That if, in the course of things I need some files from that partition (file), can I mount the file like an iso file.

  1. dd if=/dev/sda1 of=/my/preserved/windows.iso
  2. mount windows.iso

Is that doable? Is there another method/suggestion?

terary

Posted 2018-03-16T17:47:02.657

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1Yes. mount -o loop /path/to/image/file /place/to/mount – ivanivan – 2018-03-16T19:55:32.597

1Yes it works however you remove the partition table, not all filesystems are recognized the same way on unpartitioned (super floppy,like) devices. Alternatively you could skip a few sectors and add a new partition table to the loopback mount. – eckes – 2018-03-16T21:22:06.177

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Yes, that will work as long as you have the tools to read the ntfs partition that resides on Windows.

Nasir Riley

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