Yep! See this: http://askubuntu.com/questions/751193/what-is-the-difference-in-using-cp-and-dd-when-cloning-usb-sticks http://askubuntu.com/questions/751193/wha

Yep! See this: http://askubuntu.com/questions/751193/what-is-the-difference-in-using-cp-and-dd-when-cloning-usb-sticks http://askubuntu.com/questions/751193/what-is-the-difference... Basically, you can use cp wherever you use dd, as long as you're not changing any low-level parameters (e.g. starting 500 bytes into the file or something).