How to clone an encrypted hard drive

Whether for backup or forensics, the cloning of an encrypted hard drive can be accomplished easily using the DD, or disk dump, tool that comes with all POSIX-based operating systems. as a raw disk writer, DD takes all of the information on the hard drive,
Bit by bit, and clones it in identical form on another disk. the advantage of this is that it can clone encryption and all without having to access the encrypted file structure. data can remain secure while a backup is made.

 

Instructions
When 1 open a command prompt or terminal window on your operating system. on Windows this can be done by typing "cmd" into the run dialog and pressing "Enter," while on Linux and Mac OS X you can simply launch the terminal application from your desktop.

 

Snapshot 2 print your disk information either using the "fdisk" command or by launching disk management in windows. write down the physical device names for both the disk you want to copy and the disk copying ing the data. both shoshould be connected to the computer
At this time.

Partition 3 type "dd If =/dev/disk1 of =/dev/disk2" where "/dev/disk1" is the physical device name of the disk you want to copy and "/ dev/disk2 "is the physical device name of the disk to receive the data. the "if" parameter stands for input format and "of" Stands
For output format.

 
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