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Answer by frostschutz for What does dd conv=sync,noerror do?
dd conv=sync,noerror (or conv=noerror,sync) corrupts your data. Depending on the I/O error encountered, and blocksize used (larger than physical sector size?), the input and output addresses do not...
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conv=sync tells dd to pad each block to the left with nulls, so that if, due to error, the full block cannot be read, the full length of the original data is preserved, even though not all of the data...
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So what is the case when adding conv=sync,noerror makes a difference when backing up an entire hard disk onto an image file? Is conv=sync,noerror a requirement when doing forensic stuff? If so, why is...
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