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Re: dd_rescue No additional sense



On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 07:33:13AM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> I would copy the files (tar) instead of running some dd command. If it
> fails to copy a file, you could try again, just for this file. Broken
> drives tend to fail ;) and sometimes they need to rest some days before
> going on or a clap to release the heads.

Read up on dd_rescue.  It's much more reliable at recovering data than
any tool that relies on the filesystem being interpretable, such as tar.


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