Hi Robert! > I really need a set of utilities (for different filessytems) that can > use a partial dump and log file, and create a log file with the unused > sections of the drive marked read. It seems such a required function > that it is hard to believe that no one has created them, but I have > not been able to find them. > > An additional feture would be to be able to mark particular files > (pagefile.sys and hyberfile.sys come to mind) as read.
I did write a set of scripts that exclude e.g. certain files by modifying the log file. I'll publish them and the accompanying documentation (so far a little over 50 pages) as soon as it's finished. Unfortunately I got set back a little by another data rescue case. > an additional type of block, say with the marking character a > number from 0 to 9, indicating priority (logically it would be like ?, > ie untried). I like that idea. However, the question becomes what to do in the case of bad sectors, i.e. if you want your hard drive to churn away at the high-priority sectors (e.g. file system structures) possibly without ever getting to the lower-priority actual data. Bye, Burkart _______________________________________________ Bug-ddrescue mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-ddrescue
