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gistfile1.sh
# Mount drive here
dd if=/dev/zero of=/path/to/mount/zero
# Unmount drive here
sudo dd if=/dev/whatever bs=4k | pv | 7za a -si -t7z -m0=lzma -mx=9 -mfb=64 -md=32m -ms=on archive.7z -bd
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Now to use this to back up Zack's hard drive :-)

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