using .dd imaging in windows environment

[tootypegs]

hi basically ive done a some research into using 'dd' to create an image of a harddrive and impretty sure i unserstand it however the problem is as follows.

Using a windows machine im programing in c++ and i want to impliment the use of the dd tool into my program however i am totally stuck. Im relativly knew to this so if anyone could explain in simple terms what i need and how to carry this out i would be GREATLY thankful


cheers

[bigtomrodney]

You can get ports of ddfor Windows...here's an example of one :-

dd for windows

If you want to implement dd functionality natively in your application you might consider downloading the source for dd or rawwrite and seeing if you can incorporate it.