Wayfarer247 Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Okay, so I have heard the term "DD" tossed around when trying to install OS X on a computer. But seriously, what the heck is it? I would like more than just the acronyme definition, but also how it is used and what not. Not sure if this goes into the Window's forums, but I guess it is just a general Computer topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westwaerts Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 dd means disk double and it is a little app that copies bitwise, comes out of linux, but someone ported it to windows to install flat images, afaik. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayfarer247 Posted March 21, 2008 Author Share Posted March 21, 2008 Thank you! Is there any way it can be used to install Windows XP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 If you make an IMG disk image of an existing XP installation and then write it onto a drive, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Phreak Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 DD can also stand for "Dynamic Disk" which is a way of formatting a disc so that the partitions can be resized on the fly. I'd have to see the context that it was used in to know which "DD" they were referring to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris2k Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Just to make it clear, dd stands for "data definition". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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