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how can i make an image file from a hard disk?
$ dd if=/dev/sdX of=/path/to/output/image.img bs=4M
try on your machine
This command uses the 'dd' tool to create a raw image file of a hard disk. Replace /dev/sdX with the name of the hard disk you want to create the image of, and /path/to/output/image.img with the path where you want to save the image file.
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