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Re: [PLUG] Saving data from a precarious drive
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Mark Baker wrote:
| I wouldn't worry about taxing the drive. I would get the data off as
| soon as possible. I have had very good results with dd_rescue. In my
| opinion it is one of the best tools out there. When you have a server
| go down due to a drive failure & in a moment of panic realize that the
| backups havent been running on that server.... dd_rescue will save
| your butt every time.
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| http://www.garloff.de/kurt/linux/ddrescue/
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| Mark
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might want to use the revamped and recoded/newer version:
http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html
(yes, they're different projects. no, the underscore is not the only
difference.)
ddcfldd is also a great alternative, although centered more towards
forensics than it is recovery.
- --
brent saner.
gpg info at http://www.notebookarmy.org/gpg.txt
(this is a shorter sig.)
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