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| From | William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc, comp.os.linux.help, comp.os.linux.setup, comp.os.linux.hardware |
| Subject | Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? |
| Date | 2015-01-04 22:09 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <m8cdm8$f9s$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <wsednYGSWe_iyTTJnZ2dnUU7-UednZ2d@earthlink.com> <m8bvg9$h4v$3@dont-email.me> <8J6dnYfNS9L-MTTJnZ2dnUU7-T2dnZ2d@earthlink.com> |
Cross-posted to 4 groups.
On 2015-01-04, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote: > On 1/4/2015 10:07 AM, William Unruh wrote: >>> >>> I have a very old PATA HDD that is dying due to SMART errors and I am >>> trying to copy my data to another working drive, but it has problems >>> reading some data. Here is an example: >>> >>> $ cp -R * ~/DebianPATAhddBackups/ >>> cp: cannot stat `Files/AntsImages': Input/output error >>> cp: reading `Mac OS X.dmg': Input/output error >>> cp: failed to extend `Mac OS X.dmg': Input/output error >>> >>> I assume my Debian stable was unable to copy those files. IIRC, there >>> was a way to retry over and over until copied fully. How do I do that? >>> It has been so many years I did this. :( >> >> If the rust has flaked off the drive, there is nothing to copy, no >> matter how many times you try. > > Even with ddrescue? I thought it retries until it finally copies. ddrescue just allows you to conitue if there are errors (it essentially retries once) . It does NOT keep retrying until it reads it (well, you can tell it to try, but as they say, that could damage the disk so that subsequent reads of formerly good areas could go bad-- rust flakes between the drive head and the platter do not do good things to the platter). To try forever would be stupid, because it can be impossible to read it. As I said, data that is not there cannot be read, no matter how hard you try.
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How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-04 06:55 -0800
Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2015-01-04 09:23 -0600
Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-04 09:19 -0800
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Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-04 13:07 -0800
Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-01-04 21:57 +0000
Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-09 18:32 -0800
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Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-10 17:24 -0800
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Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-01-04 18:07 +0000
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Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-04 19:36 -0800
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Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-11 10:20 -0800
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Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-12 22:44 -0800
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Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-14 08:33 -0800
Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-01-14 17:20 +0000
Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-15 00:46 -0800
Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-17 17:59 -0800
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