Backing up a nearly dead HDD

Pádraig Brady P at draigBrady.com
Tue Nov 27 15:41:29 UTC 2007


Randy Wyatt wrote:
> Why not use dd?  if you are replacing a drive with a similar drive, dd
> is perfect.

dd is not great when used with a failing drive.
Try ddrescue instead.

Pádraig.




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