hard disk failure - now what?

[Polytropon]

On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:04:38 -0400, Jerry McAllister <jerrymc at msu.edu> wrote:
> dd will barf on bad bits too.
> You can tinker to make it skip over the bad block, but it
> won't read it.   

As it has been suggested, there are interesting tools in the
ports collection. I'll post my "famous list" again. Among them,
note ddrescue and dd_rescue. But base system tools such as the
fetch program can help.


System:
	dd
	fsck_ffs
	clri
	fsdb
	fetch -rR <device>
	recoverdisk (!)

Ports:
	ddrescue
	dd_rescue
	ffs2recov
	magicrescue
	testdisk
	The Sleuth Kit:
		fls
		dls
		ils
		autopsy
	scan_ffs
	recoverjpeg
	foremost
	photorec

Those programs are not ordered in any way.


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Polytropon
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