Oops, I didn't realize this didn't go to the mailing list. Here: I think Photorec usually comes with Testdisk, so maybe it wasn't mentioned specifically? (See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photorec or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_data_recovery_software ) And, as far as I understand it, I think ddrescue is often used before other recovery software because it tries to get "all" data from a physically damaged drive/cd (which might become worse after each read) to make a drive/cd image (so as not to keep messing with the damaged source) and then Photorec or other software can search that image for stuff to recover as files, etc.
I don't have much experience with CDs, but I'm very glad to hear that it worked out! :) Antonio is the one to thank for the great solutions, though~;) On 8/29/16, Ron DnRcomp <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you for your quick response. Somehow, I could not see mention of > Photorec on any articles I read. > Everything worked out great. I did not attempt any more than the basic > recovery because one scratch on the CD had completely removed the foil. The > > family was very pleased and quite grateful for the results. They decided 347 > > photos was heaven enough. > So very impressed with all the Linux features I have ignored over the years. > > And you also managed to get a couple new Linux supporters in the deal. > {thumbs up} > > Thanks again, > > Ron > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Zeniff Martineau" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, August 26, 2016 10:14 AM > Subject: Re: [Bug-ddrescue] ddrescue outfile > > >> In some situations, I think it might be possible to recover a little >> more data from a CD/DVD with "dvdisaster" than with ddrescue. Maybe >> you could try that? I think this post is an example: >> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ddrescue/2016-03/msg00000.html >> >> If it were me, I'd also suggest for you or the family to keep both the >> CD and cdimage file(s) made just in case different combinations of >> options for "photorec" (or other software) reveal more files or better >> intact files later.. or even in case newer versions of recovery >> programs are able to recover more in the future. >> >> I hope that helps~ >> >> >> On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 6:41 AM, Paul Daniels <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> Use photorec to now pull photos out of the data. >>> >>> # photorec cdimage >>> >>> It'll ask where you want to put the data etc, and it'll dump all the >>> files >>> it can find based on signature searching. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 26/08/16 16:49, [email protected] wrote: >>>> >>>> Sorry to contact you this way. But I have racked my brain trying >>>> desperately to imitate that I am as intelligent as you guys and I am >>>> totally out of energy. >>>> >>>> I used ddrescue 1.19 to rescue a badly scratched CD containing photos of >>>> >>>> a >>>> soldier who died recently. The family asked if I could retrieve images >>>> from a damaged CD. I would be really excited to tell them I recovered >>>> the >>>> photos using ddrescue on Linux Mint 18. The command was (as per your >>>> manual's example): >>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------------- >>>> ddrescue -n -b2048 /dev/cdrom cdimage mapfile >>>> -------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> >>>> Now, I am totally blown away as to the next step. First, I don't know if >>>> >>>> I >>>> have anything to offer them. Here are the results: >>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------------- >>>> rescued: 320307 kB, errsize: 18354 kB, errors: 279 >>>> >>>> Current status >>>> rescued: 322701 kB, errsize: 15960 kB, current rate: 0 B/s >>>> ipos: 338659 kB, errors: 273, average rate: 1251 B/s >>>> opos: 338659 kB, run time: 31.88 m, successful read: 13 s >>>> ago >>>> Finished >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> Second, I have searched for hours to figure out what to do with >>>> "cdimage". >>>> I have the file on my hard drive. But nobody seems to be able to tell >>>> me >>>> in stupid language how to turn "cdimage" into a photo CD. >>>> >>>> Please help. I am at the end of my rope. >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance, >>>> >>>> Ron Asselstine >>>> D 'n R Computer Services >>>> >>>> >>>> P.S. I am not charging these people anything to do this. They have >>>> already paid a tremendous personal amount. >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ Bug-ddrescue mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-ddrescue
