Comments on: Using gddrescue to save your data – Part 1 http://www.atlas-tuesday.com/using-gddrescue-to-save-your-data-part-1 The adventures of Dustin Wright in the IT world. Fri, 28 May 2010 00:20:03 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Peyton Rivera http://www.atlas-tuesday.com/using-gddrescue-to-save-your-data-part-1/comment-page-1#comment-25660 Peyton Rivera Wed, 26 May 2010 01:05:27 +0000 http://www.atlas-tuesday.com/?p=69#comment-25660 Data Recovery is a very costly option that is why you should always check your storage media for any signs of wear and tear.-'* Data Recovery is a very costly option that is why you should always check your storage media for any signs of wear and tear.-’*

]]> By: Administrator http://www.atlas-tuesday.com/using-gddrescue-to-save-your-data-part-1/comment-page-1#comment-25632 Administrator Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:01:21 +0000 http://www.atlas-tuesday.com/?p=69#comment-25632 My wife's hard drive was a 40GB 4200RPM 2.5" laptop disk which I suspect seriously impacted the speed of recovery. I ran gddrescue 24 hours a day for at least 7 days. I ended up using an old Dell PowerEdge server as a dedicated recovery station. If you have time, try re-running it after the first pass. If given enough time you can often recover all of the data by "filling in the blanks" on a second or third pass. My wife’s hard drive was a 40GB 4200RPM 2.5″ laptop disk which I suspect seriously impacted the speed of recovery. I ran gddrescue 24 hours a day for at least 7 days. I ended up using an old Dell PowerEdge server as a dedicated recovery station.

If you have time, try re-running it after the first pass. If given enough time you can often recover all of the data by “filling in the blanks” on a second or third pass.

]]> By: Michael http://www.atlas-tuesday.com/using-gddrescue-to-save-your-data-part-1/comment-page-1#comment-25631 Michael Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:06:10 +0000 http://www.atlas-tuesday.com/?p=69#comment-25631 Hello, I'm running ddrescue on my sister's hard-drive based camcorder right now (a 1 year old got ahold of it!). You mentioned that it took about 7 days. Was that continuous running? How big is the drive you ddrescued? I'm just trying to gauge how long this might take! Hello,

I’m running ddrescue on my sister’s hard-drive based camcorder right now (a 1 year old got ahold of it!).

You mentioned that it took about 7 days. Was that continuous running? How big is the drive you ddrescued?

I’m just trying to gauge how long this might take!

]]> By: Administrator http://www.atlas-tuesday.com/using-gddrescue-to-save-your-data-part-1/comment-page-1#comment-25629 Administrator Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:30:05 +0000 http://www.atlas-tuesday.com/?p=69#comment-25629 I would recommend building a local image of the entire disk before attempting to restore files. Information is not always stored in logical order, so you can't just take the first 10GB and expect good results. One thing to consider is using 'photorec' to pull out files based on type (images, video, documents, etc). I still recommend building a complete image before attempting to extract files, but if you are just look to grab a single document -- photorec can do that for you. Goodluck! I would recommend building a local image of the entire disk before attempting to restore files. Information is not always stored in logical order, so you can’t just take the first 10GB and expect good results.

One thing to consider is using ‘photorec’ to pull out files based on type (images, video, documents, etc). I still recommend building a complete image before attempting to extract files, but if you are just look to grab a single document — photorec can do that for you.

Goodluck!

]]> By: Jeffrey W. Sosebee http://www.atlas-tuesday.com/using-gddrescue-to-save-your-data-part-1/comment-page-1#comment-25628 Jeffrey W. Sosebee Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:54:29 +0000 http://www.atlas-tuesday.com/?p=69#comment-25628 Yeah, but instead of restoring an entire disk, how do you go about restoring about 10 GB worth of files? Yeah, but instead of restoring an entire disk, how do you go about restoring about 10 GB worth of files?

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