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		camperman on Jan 29, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What's the worst you've ever screwed up at... dd if=outfile of=infile Raw unadulterated fear followed by panic. A full reinstall. Triple checked dd params ever since.

xutopia on Jan 29, 2014 [–]

To me `dd` stands for "destroy disk"

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