melerun Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Hi all! As this seems to be the place to ask these questions I come out guns blazing So for various reasons I need to make a backup of my boot table, and just to make sure I´m not completely off the rocker can someone please help me check the numbers? Sorry if this already is covered in other treads... GPT+Protective MBR Backup: dd if=/dev/disk of=File bs=512 count=34 Restore: dd if=File of=/dev/disk bs=512 count=34 GPT only: Backup: dd if=/dev/disk of=File bs=512 skip=1 count=33 (so this is GPT without Protective MBR) Restore: dd if=File of=/dev/disk bs=512 skip=1 count=33 (so in my head its the same) GPT + TrueCrypt BootLoader: Backup: dd if=/dev/disk of=File bs=512 skip=1 count=63 Restore: dd if=File of=/dev/disk bs=512 skip=1 count=63 TrueCrypt boot loader only: Backup: dd if=/dev/disk of=File bs=512 skip=32 count=32 Restore: dd if=File of=/dev/disk bs=512 skip=32 count=32 And the ever trusted MBR: Backup: dd if=/dev/disk of=File bs=512 count=1 Restore: dd if=file of=/dev/disk Thanks in advance for the patience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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