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To create an image *from a drive*
```plain text
sudo dd iflag=fullblock if=/dev/sdx of=/path/to/new.iso status=progress

```
Alternatively, to create a USB drive *from an image*
```plain text
sudo dd iflag=fullblock if=/path/to/iso of=/dev/sdx status=progress
```
In Linux it can be as simple as (pick one):
```plain text
cat /dev/sdx >/path/to/image
pv  /dev/sdx >/path/to/image
cp  /dev/sdx  /path/to/image

```
or (not as simple, but quite common example):
```plain text
dd if=/dev/sdx of=/path/to/image bs=8M

```
```plain text
cat   /path/to/image   >/dev/sdy
pv    /path/to/image   >/dev/sdy
cp    /path/to/image    /dev/sdy
dd if=/path/to/image of=/dev/sdy bs=8M
```
[https://superuser.com/questions/1557535/how-to-backup-a-usb-drive-with-2-partitions-kali-linux-live-cd-persistence](https://superuser.com/questions/1557535/how-to-backup-a-usb-drive-with-2-partitions-kali-linux-live-cd-persistence)