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When comparing Flashboot vs dd, the Slant community recommends dd for most people. In the question“What is the best software for creating Live USB (from ISO files)?” dd is ranked 7th while Flashboot is ranked 13th. The most important reason people chose dd is:
It can do anything.
Specs
PlatformsWindows
LicenseGNU GPLv3+
Supported platformsmacOS, Linux, *BSD, Unix
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Pros
Pro Lots of options
Pro Good support
The Knowledgebase contains useful information.
Pro Many features
It can do anything.
Pro Ported to almost any OS
There exist ports for Windows, Mac and even Android.
Cons
Con Can be slow
Con Windows only
Con Easy to completely nuke an unrelated hard disk by accident
It is a cli app and there are no safety features to prevent a complete data loss if the user adds a wrong syntax.