hi,
first of all, thanks for your hard work
i m trying to make an iso of a damaged hdd(160Gb, buffer I/O err) that
contains all my files, projects etc.., so i need it as soon as possible
i would like to know if i can speed up ddrescue somehow
my current specs: ubuntu 13.04 x64, i7 4-cores and a custom linux
3.10 kernel for better performances + ddrescue 1.17 stable
an option to select how many cores to use would be appreciated
it is really slow, i know that these things take times, but i have a
good pc so i think i can do this in less time
thanks
Hi,
If your rescue is going slow, the cause is most likely your damaged hard
disk.
The processor time that ddrescue uses is neglegible, parallelizing
ddrescue to use more than one processor core would be pointless.
Most time is spend waiting for disk I/O. Especially on damaged drives,
I/O times can increase by orders of magnitude. You'll just have to wait
until it finishes. If the drive does not yield any data for hours, you
should start investigating the cause and maybe try tweaking the settings
of ddrescue.
Good luck with your rescue.
Martin.
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