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  • In theory, yes, However, test it carefully first. 'dd' is appropriately known among oldsters as 'data destroyer' or 'disk destroyer' because it's a power-saw without any handguards on it. It's very easy to make a terrible and non-reversible mistake. Many safer backup method are easily available.

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If I use dd command make an img file to back up my disk when I am using Ubuntu Live USB, and than I format my disk. Can I restore my file from that img file? (including the data is not files)






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  • In theory, yes, However, test it carefully first. 'dd' is appropriately known among oldsters as 'data destroyer' or 'disk destroyer' because it's a power-saw without any handguards on it. It's very easy to make a terrible and non-reversible mistake. Many safer backup method are easily available.

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If I use dd command make an img file to back up my disk when I am using Ubuntu Live USB, and than I format my disk. Can I restore my file from that img file? (including the data is not files)






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  • In theory, yes, However, test it carefully first. 'dd' is appropriately known among oldsters as 'data destroyer' or 'disk destroyer' because it's a power-saw without any handguards on it. It's very easy to make a terrible and non-reversible mistake. Many safer backup method are easily available.

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  • In theory, yes, However, test it carefully first. 'dd' is appropriately known among oldsters as 'data destroyer' or 'disk destroyer' because it's a power-saw without any handguards on it. It's very easy to make a terrible and non-reversible mistake. Many safer backup method are easily available.

    – user535733
    8 mins ago

















In theory, yes, However, test it carefully first. 'dd' is appropriately known among oldsters as 'data destroyer' or 'disk destroyer' because it's a power-saw without any handguards on it. It's very easy to make a terrible and non-reversible mistake. Many safer backup method are easily available.

– user535733
8 mins ago






In theory, yes, However, test it carefully first. 'dd' is appropriately known among oldsters as 'data destroyer' or 'disk destroyer' because it's a power-saw without any handguards on it. It's very easy to make a terrible and non-reversible mistake. Many safer backup method are easily available.

– user535733
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