in Unix/Linux how do you make a back-up image of an entire hard

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2016-05-05 00:16:35 Post No. 54383791
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Anonymous 2016-05-05 00:16:35 Post No. 54383791 [Report]

in Unix/Linux how do you make a back-up image of an entire hard drive (drive may be encrypted)? and then restore it.

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Anonymous 2016-05-05 00:18:03 Post No.54383806
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Anonymous 2016-05-05 00:18:03 Post No.54383806 [Report]

>>54383791
tar, sync, dd

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Anonymous 2016-05-05 00:18:54 Post No.54383819
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Anonymous 2016-05-05 00:18:54 Post No.54383819 [Report]

>>54383791
double d's

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Anonymous 2016-05-05 00:18:55 Post No.54383820
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Anonymous 2016-05-05 00:18:55 Post No.54383820 [Report]

>>54383791
dd /dev/sda1 /your/directory to back it up
dd /dev/urandom /dev/sda1 to restore it

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Anonymous 2016-05-05 00:19:01 Post No.54383824
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Anonymous 2016-05-05 00:19:01 Post No.54383824 [Report]

dd if=/dev/sda of=/path/to/mbr_file.img bs=512 count=1

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Anonymous 2016-05-05 00:19:51 Post No.54383833
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Anonymous 2016-05-05 00:19:51 Post No.54383833 [Report]

>>54383806
this

git.gud

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Anonymous 2016-05-05 00:21:18 Post No.54383847
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Anonymous 2016-05-05 00:21:18 Post No.54383847 [Report]

>>54383806
Why no cpio?

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Anonymous 2016-05-05 00:22:13 Post No.54383855
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Anonymous 2016-05-05 00:22:13 Post No.54383855 [Report]

>>54383847
didn't think of it lol, just wrote those off the top of my head