Borislav Petkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> my hd died this morning and I know it is too late and I don't have a
> backup but is there a way to do a raw read and gather all the
> information that can be read? One thing might be kind of a problem, however,
> since the hd is damaged at its very beginning and attempting to mount it
> gives
> I/O error on sector 0 and the consecutive ones.
So the disk is not entirely dead as in not responding at all? Thats a
start.
> So, is there a way to jump
> after those erroneous sectors and read what's left. Any pointers would be
> greatly appreciated, thanks!
The usual procedure is to copy the entire content of the disk into a
file on another disk and then work with that - i.e. try to find
partitions and files.
You can use dd for copying but dd will have trouble with unreadable
sectors. You can tell dd to skip a certain number of block but that will
only solve the problem, if the rest of the disk is readable.
I have heard that people have succeded using dd_rescue. From the package
description:
"dd_rescue is a tool to help you to save data from crashed partition. It
tries to read and if it fails, it will go on with the next sectors where
tools like dd will fail. If the copying process is interrupted by the
user it is possible to continue at any position later. It can copy
backwards."
Sounds like this might be what you need. I have never used it, so don't
blame me if it's not.
cu and good luck
Philipp
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