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    FYI, if this is a windows partition you are trying to clone, use ntfsclone instead of dd. It is smart enough to skip the trash in the unused/free sectors, and can compress the image. Commented Mar 15, 2012 at 19:04
  • @psusi: could you tell more in an answer? Yes, this is a w -partitition (actually the whole harddrive is from fresh w machine). I tried this ntfsclone --save-image --output - /dev/sdb3 | bzip2 | ssh [email protected] 'cat > 15032012_w7_3.img.bz2' but getting no content?! Commented Mar 15, 2012 at 19:31
  • Did you run ntfsclone as root ( sudo )? Commented Mar 15, 2012 at 19:44
  • @psusi: yes, look at the updated question. I get error 22 when trying to execute the command. Commented Mar 16, 2012 at 1:07
  • Looks like that partition either doesn't actually contain an ntfs filesystem or it is damaged. What does sudo blkid say the type is? Commented Mar 16, 2012 at 2:29