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On Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:00:29 -0700, Donna Ohl wrote:

> On Sun, 26 Oct 2008 12:28:54 -0700, Donna Ohl wrote:
>> C:\tmp>dd if=\\.\f: of=\\.\c:\flashcard.img --progress
>
> Well I'll be. I don't know how or why it worked, but all I did was taken
> another flash card and reverse the Windows Dd freeware command above.
>
> That second flash card worked just fine with all the pictures intact. I
> can't believe it worked but all is well now.
>
> What I still don't know how to do is how to mount the first
> c:\flashcard.img bit-for-bit copy of the flash card as a disk.
>
> Does anyone know how to mount a file as a removable disk in Winxp?

Start up linux in a virtual machine, open a terminal and do
mount disk.img mntpoint -o loop

Or you could do it the windows way. Type "mount disk image in windows"
in google, read the results, and pick a commercial or freeware utility.
Install it, and point and click your way to loopback bliss.

stonefish

On 27 Oct 2008 15:22:23 GMT, ray wrote:
> dd if=/dev/sda of=filename conv=noerror conv=sync

Hi Ray,
Thank you very much for the "noerror" and "sync" advice.
I was able to get Dd to perform a bit-by-bit copy of the flash card using:
dd if=\\.\f: of=\\.\c:\flashcard.img

Note that the escapes are NOT intuitive but anyone can test it to see that
it works to make an image of the flash drive on your hard disk using Dd
freeware from http://www.chrysocome.net/dd

In testing out your suggestion, I found the Windows Dd freeware command
does not seem to support the "conv" option unfortunately.

C:\Documents and Settings\donna>dd --help
rawwrite dd for windows version 0.5.
Written by John Newbigin <>
This program is covered by the GPL. See copying.txt for details
dd [bs=SIZE]
[count=BLOCKS]
[if=FILE]
[of=FILE]
[seek=BLOCKS]
[skip=BLOCKS]
[--size]
[--list]
[--progress]

Thanks for the help as we all benefit if we could come up with a procedure
to recover all pictures stored on accidentally formatted SD flash cards.

Donna

On Mon, 27 Oct 2008 01:46:08 -0400, Fred Sanders wrote:

> On Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:00:29 -0700, Donna Ohl wrote:
>> Does anyone know how to mount a file as a removable disk in Winxp?
> Ever end a post without a question mark?

Hi Fred,

There are two ways to help answer your question.

One is to look at my posts where I answer people's questions; those do not
end with a question mark.

The other is to look at my posts where I ask a question (generally one
never answered before); not surprisingly, those end with a question mark.

Hope this helps answer your question!

Donna

On 27 Oct 2008 23:15:43 GMT, jellybean stonerfish wrote:

> do it the windows way. Type "mount disk image in windows"
> in google, read the results, and pick a commercial or freeware utility.
> Install it, and point and click your way to loopback bliss.

Hi Stonefish,

Thanks for your advice. I had tried that before I posted (I try not to ask
a question without first seeing if the answer already exists in the google
record).

I ran that search before (and again just now). Nowhere do I find the steps
for Windows to mount a Dd copy of a formatted SD flash card. Almost all, if
not all, the results from the suggested google are for mounting ISO images
on Windows.

Are you saying that Dd creates an ISO image when running the command?
C:\>dd if=\\.\f: of=\\.\c:\flashcard.img

Can you point me to any record out there that shows how to mount this Dd
image of a flash drive?

On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:16:30 -0700, Donna Ohl wrote:

> On Mon, 27 Oct 2008 01:46:08 -0400, Fred Sanders wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:00:29 -0700, Donna Ohl wrote:
>>> Does anyone know how to mount a file as a removable disk in Winxp?
>> Ever end a post without a question mark?
>
> Hi Fred,
>
> There are two ways to help answer your question.
>
> One is to look at my posts where I answer people's questions; those do not
> end with a question mark. Those men I fellate.
>
> The other is to look at my posts where I ask a question (generally one
> never answered before); not surprisingly, those end with a question mark.
> Those idiots I troll.
> Hope this helps answer your question!
>
> Donna Oh How I Love Oral Sex

my kinda babe

Donna Ohl wrote:
> On 27 Oct 2008 23:15:43 GMT, jellybean stonerfish wrote:
>
>> do it the windows way. Type "mount disk image in windows"
>> in google, read the results, and pick a commercial or freeware
>> utility. Install it, and point and click your way to loopback
>> bliss.
>
> Hi Stonefish,
>
> Thanks for your advice. I had tried that before I posted (I try not
> to ask a question without first seeing if the answer already exists
> in the google record).
>
> I ran that search before (and again just now). Nowhere do I find the
> steps for Windows to mount a Dd copy of a formatted SD flash card.
> Almost all, if not all, the results from the suggested google are
> for
> mounting ISO images on Windows.
>
> Are you saying that Dd creates an ISO image when running the
> command?
> C:\>dd if=\\.\f: of=\\.\c:\flashcard.img
>
> Can you point me to any record out there that shows how to mount
> this
> Dd image of a flash drive?

For free you can get Virtual Disk Driver
http://chitchat.at.infoseek.co.jp/vmware/vdk.html.
For 300 bucks you can get Mount Image Pro http://www.mountimage.com/.
If those don't work or you're a glutton for punishment you can set up
a virtual Linux machine under Virtual PC or vmWare Server, mount the
image there, and access it via SAMBA.

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(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)

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