DD Converter

Convert raw disk images (DD) online for free


Drop or upload your .DD file
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How to convert your DD file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your DD file.
  2. You'll see a preview.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.

Convert DD to another file type

The converter easily converts your DD disk images to various formats - free and online. No GNU Coreutils or or other Disk Image software needed.

  • DD to JFIF
  • DD to KRO
  • DD to IFF
  • DD to RGBA
  • DD to WRL
  • DD to GRO
  • DD to PC1
  • DD to BMP
  • DD to ALS
  • DD to PDB
  • DD to VST
  • DD to PAT

Convert a file to DD

To convert other file formats to the "Raw Disk Image File" file type, you need software like GNU Coreutils or a similar tool.


About DD files

A .dd file is typically a bit-for-bit raw disk image created by the Unix dd command. It is heavily utilized in digital forensics, system backups, and data recovery to create an exact, unaltered replica of a hard drive, USB flash drive, or memory card. Less frequently, the .dd extension is used as a game data archive by the Avalanche Studios Apex Engine, or simply as a renamed 7z or rar compressed file to bypass rudimentary email filters.

The raw disk image format has severe real-world limitations. It offers absolutely no compression; cloning a mostly empty 1TB drive will result in a colossal 1TB .dd file. The format lacks built-in encryption, metadata, and error-checking mechanisms. Furthermore, opening these raw files natively on Windows or macOS is impossible without third-party mounting utilities or forensic software like WinHex.

To save storage space or mount the image easily on standard operating systems, you need to convert it. For broad compatibility and virtual machine deployment, convert to ISO, VHD, or IMG. If your .dd file is actually a renamed game archive or compressed file, you should extract or convert it to ZIP or 7Z. Drag and drop your file to analyze and convert it - free, online, and without installing software at convert.guru.

Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your DD file.

Users also converted GZ, NOSTALGIA, DDS, ZIP, DDD, DISC, EVTX, PDF, EXE, BIN, TXT, E01 and PNG files.


FAQ

If you want to convert DD file to DMS, DMM, UTM, VMDK, ZIP, RAR, 7Z, TAR, GZ, BZ2, XZ or LZMA, you can use GNU Coreutils or similar software from the "Raw Disk Image Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert XXE, 7Z, Z, PAK, LHA, DEB, UUE, TAR, LZH, ZIP, PKG or RAR files to DD, try GNU Coreutils or another comparable tool in the "Raw Disk Image Storage" category.



The DD Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our DD converter.