On 2014-10-11 18:56, Otto Rodusek wrote:
Hi ListMates,
I'm not sure if this is the correct forum but hopefully someone will have an answer for me.
I have a faulty 500Gb notebook disk that I want to clone and recover. I use ddrescue (with the -n option) to clone the faulty hdd to a new hdd. The problem is that based on the current stats, it will take days/weeks to complete the clone!!!
Yes, when dd hits a faulty sector it tries many times (perhaps 20, I don't remember), before going on to the next. I'm more familiar with dd_rescue and dd_rhelp. You call dd_rhelp, and this one calls dd_rescue, automatically telling it how to skip the problematic sectors first, starting with the good ones, then continuing with the bad ones, till it finishes or you stop it. You can let it run for some hours, up to days, till it gets everything or a what you consider a fair percent. GNU ddrescue is supposed to include the functionality of both in a single program. I have used it, but I'm not familiar with it. I think I prefer dd_rhelp. You can try it :-) -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)