moldboy 0 Report post Posted August 23, 2005 I am using a live cd of linux and would like to know how you would use the cp command to make a copy of a windows drive from internal to external for backup purposes, I would just copy and paste from withen windows but then things like pagefile.sys wouldn't be included, any thoughts? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pawitp 0 Report post Posted September 13, 2005 You can make an image file with linux using "dd". It can make exact(bootable) image of your harddrive (or partition).To use it type dd if=your_partition of=backup_fileSubstiture your_partition and backup_file with the real value Share this post Link to post Share on other sites