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Is there any command-line tool on Windows that can create a FAT32 disk image (similar to Linux using dd and mkfs.vfat, then mount the disk image for modifying?
Amumu
Posted 2018-03-26T14:01:35.977
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Create a FAT32 disk image on Windows using command line?
Do you mean creating a file that is structured as though it were a volume, like a virtual disk, as contrasted with actually formatting a partition or removable media? – Jeff Zeitlin – 2018-03-26T14:10:58.643
Relevant: https://superuser.com/questions/277912/does-windows-7-have-built-in-support-for-creating-mounting-disk-images?rq=1
– Jeff Zeitlin – 2018-03-26T14:14:13.0431If you are OK with a VHD image (which is a Microsoft specific format) the answer Jeff Zeitlin linked to answers your question. If you need a RAW image you can mount the VHD and then do a regular DD copy of the mounted disk to a RAW file. There are Windows versions of DD available, Cygwin exists and recent versions of Windows 10 have the Linux subsystem available which also includes DD. – Tonny – 2018-03-26T14:30:45.247
It might be noteworthy that a fixed-size VHD image is virtually RAW, except for a small header at the end. – Daniel B – 2018-03-26T14:41:44.493