On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 11:22 PM, Ben Scott <dragonh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 9:36 PM, Michael ODonnell > <michael.odonn...@comcast.net> wrote: >> Note that dd_rescue (rather than plain old dd) will atempt to continue the >> copy operation even when it encounters bad sectors ... > > There's also dd_rhelp, a wrapper for dd_rescue which will recover > the easy data first, and then focus on re-reading bad blocks > repeatedly in an attempt to coax the data off a not-quite-dead drive. >
Also note that from the dd_rhelp page: "We are all knowing that a quick C program should be better. So feel free to create it ! And this is what Antonio Diaz did for its "GNU ddrescue" program, make sure to have a look to it before using dd_rhelp." So, use GNU ddrescue, not dd_rescue, nor dd_rhelp. http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
