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| From | William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? |
| Date | 2015-01-04 21:57 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <m8cd0d$bq4$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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On 2015-01-04, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote: >>>> https://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/manual/ddrescue_manual.html >>> >>> "If you use a device or a partition as destination, any data stored >>> there will be overwritten." I don't want to erase anything on my >>> destinated drive (/dev/sdb*) though. >> >> Then just use a plain file instead of a device or a partition as >> destination. > > OK. I need to make free disk space before I do that. If you are that short of disk space, go out and buy a new disk! You need backups anyway. > > >>> I just wanted to copy a few >>> unreadable files. I do NOT want to copy everything from the very old >>> dying HDD. This is a lot more complex than I expected as a newbie. So, I >>> can't copy files directly like cp command? I thought there was a way to >>> do that to an existing HDD (don't want to mess up my destination drive). >>> :( >> >> There is a GUI for it. May be easier to use. >> https://launchpad.net/ddrescue-gui > > Is that safe to use in Debian stable (not Ubuntu)? Debian's official > servers don't have it according to its > https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=DDRescue-GUI+&searchon=names&suite=all§ion=all > ...
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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? William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-01-04 21:57 +0000
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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
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 13:10 -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 18:32 -0800
Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-04 19:36 -0800
Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Robert Nichols <SEE_SIGNATURE@localhost.localdomain.invalid> - 2015-01-06 08:58 -0600
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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 07:47 -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 10:14 -0800
Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-11 10:20 -0800
Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Robert Nichols <SEE_SIGNATURE@localhost.localdomain.invalid> - 2015-01-11 19:23 -0600
Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-12 22:44 -0800
Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Robert Nichols <SEE_SIGNATURE@localhost.localdomain.invalid> - 2015-01-13 08:39 -0600
Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-14 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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Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-18 14:04 -0800
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