os installed on the machine is win 2k pro.
i'm running knoppix 5.1 when executing the commands above.
The overall goal is to create a image of the machine and save it to a windows share which is located in mount share.
i'm faily certain /dev/hda is there because it starts copying data from the disk; noted by bytes copied in the output
i think i'll try running chkdsk to hunt for disk problems.