> On Tue, 15 May 2012 17:33:02 +0100 (BST) > Mik J wrote: > >> to recover the rest of my files (50% left) while the disk doesn't > complain
Hello, I wanted to give a feedback. I have copied all my directories except one that was generating the errors that I wrote in my first mail. The directory contained some qemu images and freebsd isos and other files like that, and those were not critical for me. So I followed the instructions from this page http://caoua.org/alex/obsd/badsect.html There was 7 sectors that were generating errors and I wrote 0 on them and now every time I try to read these sectors with dd it doesn't generate any error message. Then I remounted the partition and did a copy for this directory on my new disk and I have the following error. cp: /mnt/oldhome/xxx/Virtualisation/QEmu/FreeBSD/doc/doc.gd: Bad file descriptor I don't know what is this error but it's probably due to the 7 sectors I have manipulated. Since I don't have any data to recover I will try to read how to test the whole disk for bad sectors and proceed the same way. After this as you suggested I will not use this disk for important data. I will also look at all tools and programs you all suggested me. Thank you
