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Can we use Rufus to save a local disk partition into an .img image file? Basically the Windows equivalent of:

dd if=/dev/sda4 of=output.img

Also can we use Rufus to write an image, not to a whole USB disk (I already know the advanced option "List USB Hard Drive"), but to an internal disk on a precise partition? Basically the equivalent of:

dd if=output.img of=/dev/sda4

(Or maybe is this available directly built in in Windows 7?)

Basj
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Rufus developer here.

Yes, you absolutely can!

Just click Show advanced drive properties and then click the "save" icon next to your device.

This will save to uncompressed VHD, which, for all purposes and intents, is virtually the same as a .img (there's just a 512 bytes footer added, but that will not interfere with using a .vhd like a .img). You can actually rename an uncompressed .vhd to .img and use it in the same way as you would a flat disk .img.

And of course you can then use this same .vhd in Rufus to restore your disk.

For more on this, you can also look at the Rufus FAQ.

Akeo
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