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Is there an equivalent to /dev/sda in Windows, without using Cygwin or other external tools?

Luc
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Yes, \\?\Device\Harddisk1\Partition0. Win32 programs like dd.exe should understand this (see its documentation for a few more examples), although .NET-based ones might not.

The Windows equivalent of /dev, \\?\, can be browsed using WinObj.

Most graphical disk-imaging programs just present a list of disks... use one of those.

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