Would this work or would I have problems:

Using dd command to backup an entire SSD containing dual boot Windows/Ubuntu partitions into an .iso file, with the intent to then dd that iso back onto the same size SSD in the case of a drive failure?

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    319 days ago

    Like everyone has said there’s way better ways of doing it.

    HOWEVER if you wanted to use dd you totally could. I’d recommend piping into something like gzip/zstd to save some space though.

    dd if=/dev/sda | gzip >/mnt/backup_disk/sda.gz

    You could also use restic backup the raw block device too.

    That being said, clonezilla is exactly what you want