[GTALUG] "dd" in Windows?

Giles Orr gilesorr at gmail.com
Mon Dec 14 16:43:56 EST 2020


On Mon, 14 Dec 2020 at 16:24, William Park via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
>
> How do you write "image" file to USB stick in Windows 10?
>
> In Linux, I would do 'dd', but it has to be Windows.  'dd' is available
> in Git for Windows, Windows Subsystem for Linux, BusyBox for Windows,
> and Ubuntu in Hyper-V VM.  But, I can't get them to access USB drive.

This might be useful - or it might not.  There was some mention of
image writers and Windows.

https://alternativeto.net/software/dd/

They mention Rufus, and so does this:

https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-burn-an-iso-file-to-a-usb-drive-2619270

lifewire is usually pretty reliable - although their explanation
looked pretty long (didn't read it).

I hope this helps.

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Giles
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