andrew zajac
Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:39:53 -0700
Get rid of the quotes. Also, you need to image the device, not the mountpoint.
For example, your drive may be /dev/sdc with one partition on it. So your filesystem will be on /dev/sdc1. When you plug it in, /dev/sdc1 will be detected and mounted at /media/FLASH. You don't want to image /media/FLASH, but /dev/sdc1. Try running sudo lshw -C disk -short to get a list of attached disks. You can also look in /proc/partitions; cat /proc/partitions If your drive is failing, it's partitions may not be detected. All that would apear is /dec/sdc... You you may have to image the entire thing (/dev/sdc). So, the command would be sudo ddrescue /dev/sdc image log P.S. Use a log file. It will allow you to resume if you interrupt the process.... Good luck! Andrew Zajac ________________________________ From: bagellad <bagel...@yahoo.com> To: Bug-ddrescue@gnu.org Sent: Monday, September 7, 2009 10:16:37 PM Subject: [Bug-ddrescue] DDrescue Basics Question, Please help! Hello, Thanks for your time. I am trying to recover files, pictures and videos from an external hard drive. Currently I have removed the drive from the enclosure and have it connected with a usb hard drive connector. I have been trying to get ddrescue to work but unfortunately I am not able to have it find the drive. It is shown on the computer screen but not mounted. So Ive been trying to get ddrescue to work with a flash drive just to make sure I have the commands right... bagel...@computerheroesstation:~$ sudo ddrescue -r 3 "/media/FLASH DISK" Desktop/Backup.img Desktop/logfile.log [sudo] password for bagellad: Press Ctrl-C to interrupt Initial status (read from logfile) rescued: 0 B, errsize: 16384 B, errors: 32 Current status rescued: 0 B, errsize: 16384 B, current rate: 0 B/s ipos: 15872 B, errors: 32, average rate: 0 B/s opos: 15872 B but the recovery file is empty. Any ideas what I am doing wrong? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/DDrescue-Basics-Question%2C-Please-help%21-tp25338966p25338966.html Sent from the Gnu - ddrescue mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Bug-ddrescue mailing list Bug-ddrescue@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-ddrescue __________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com.
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