Captain Spaulding
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Hi,
I have a disk that has several bad sectors, I have already copied any important customer data off it. As it still boots (very slowly) I would like to try and get a clone to a good disk, the normal software I use for cloning won't get a clone (Easeus) so I want to try ddrescue.
Please can someone let me know the best command for cloning a disk that has known bad sectors, looking at the guide here I think it might be:
ddrescue -d -f /dev/sda /dev/sdb /media/PNY_usb/rescue.logfile
Obviously first checking/changing the source/destination disk names and changing the logfile to a flash stick.
I've seen other methods mentioned elsewhere on Google so I just wanted to confirm with someone that has done it before.
Thanks.
I have a disk that has several bad sectors, I have already copied any important customer data off it. As it still boots (very slowly) I would like to try and get a clone to a good disk, the normal software I use for cloning won't get a clone (Easeus) so I want to try ddrescue.
Please can someone let me know the best command for cloning a disk that has known bad sectors, looking at the guide here I think it might be:
ddrescue -d -f /dev/sda /dev/sdb /media/PNY_usb/rescue.logfile
Obviously first checking/changing the source/destination disk names and changing the logfile to a flash stick.
I've seen other methods mentioned elsewhere on Google so I just wanted to confirm with someone that has done it before.
Thanks.