[kwlug-disc] Hard disk smartctl errors

[Khalid Baheyeldin]

On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 10:48 PM, Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca> wrote:
> If you feel the drive is failing

The drive has already failed. It can't boot Windows, nor can I mount
it as NTFS as Linux to just do a directory list.

So this is a "salvage what you can" situation.

> you are probably best off following
> the instructions on the wiki:
>
> ddrescue --no-split /dev/sdc2 /data/ddrescue-20141015.img
> /data/ddrescue-20141015.log
>
> ddrescue --direct --max-retries=3 /dev/sdc2
> /data/ddrescue-20141015.img /data/ddrescue-20141015.log

Hmmm ..

Would the fact that the drive already has lots of bad sectors change
your recommendation above?

FYI, the command I am using: ddrescue -d -n -r3 -vv /dev/sdc2
/data/ddrescue-20141015.img /data/ddrescue-20141015.log
has been running overnight and has copied 28GB out of 446GB, with 1775
errors ... so ways to go ...

-- 
Khalid M. Baheyeldin
2bits.com, Inc.
Fast Reliable Drupal
Drupal optimization, development, customization and consulting.
Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. --  Edsger W.Dijkstra
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. --   Leonardo da Vinci
For every complex problem, there is an answer that is clear, simple,
and wrong." -- H.L. Mencken