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. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120616181734.GA20561@debian
