DD For Windows
November 20, 2008 11:39 am Software, Microsoft Windows
Some people like to use the Windows tools to do things but believe it or not it is not always the fastest way to do things. For example if I want to copy a whole CD to an ISO file I would have to open up a program in Nero, then copy the CD Files to the window, which actually makes a copy to temporary space, then name it the same way, then burn to a virtual drive. This takes time!!!
In Linux/Unix there is a tool that does this and a lot more tasks very easily. It is a block for block copy and it is not only used for disk burning but also to make forensic copies of disks, etc. The same thing above on a Linux system would be as simple as :
dd if=/dev/cdrom of=my_file_name.iso
So why do people who can type have to suffer with Gui’s, I have no idea but that is why I am glad that Chrysocome.net put out a tool called “dd for windows. ” This tool allows most of the functionality of the real dd. So for example the sytanx to make an iso copy of a cd is:
dd if=\\?\Device\CdRom0 of=c:\temp\disc1.iso bs=1M
A little different but not that much as to make it difficult.
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