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How to Copy .VHD File to Physical Hard Disk Using DD Command

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I have read other question/answers on this site that say this is possible, but I'm wondering how it is done. I have tried the following command, which completes successfully, but the NTFS isn't valid on the drive afterwards. Does the file have to be mounted somehow first? Will this restore the ? Th…

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$ dd if=\backup\image.vhd of=\dev\sda

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The VHD file isn't a raw image format (like DD uses), so you will have to use something to convert it to a raw format. Looking at the VBoxManage webpage the following command should work, but I haven't tried it: As I say I haven't tried it, but you …

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