title: How to use dd on WSL?
body: <p>How can I used the <code>dd</code> command to dump the contents of a removable disk in WSL?</p>
  
  <p>When I run,</p>
  
  <pre><code>dd if=/mnt/d of=sdDump bs=512 count=1
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I get the error <code>dd: error reading '/mnt/d': Is a directory</code></p>
  
  <p>I followed the <a href="https://superuser.com/a/1209701">steps shown here</a> to mount the disk:</p>
  
  <pre><code>sudo mkdir /mnt/d
  sudo mount -t drvfs D: /mnt/d
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Doing this allows me to see the files on the disk via <code>ls</code>, but running <code>dd</code> yields the above error.</p>