Once a dd image is made, do we still need the drive?

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josh
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Once a dd image is made, do we still need the drive?

#1 Post by josh »

When attempting to recover partitions from a drive, if a DD image is made of the whole drive, do we need the physical drive?


Same question goes for file recovery: If we have a DD image of the whole drive, is there any benefit to keeping the physical drive intact?



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