Hi, I didn't add this in my last reply. When I attempt to mount the rescued.img it tells me that it doesn't have a valid ntfs. This is the same message I got when I tried to mount the original hard drive.
Does this mean the file system is corrupted and needs to be restored in the image? How do I go about getting the image to a state where I can mount it to get the files from it? Will the linux file recovery tools mentioned such as photorec/testdisk fix the ntfs of the image? On Fri, 2008-07-25 at 15:29 -0400, James Bardin wrote: > > Ian Simmons wrote: > > > > The problem is that for some reason the first partition which is the > > active windows partition starts at 133677. I ran it anyway and rescued > > 1332 MB. Is it safe to assume that the MBR is in there somewhere? > > > > No. The mbr is most likely still in the first sector, but if your not > trying to make a bootable copy, then you don't need it. > > > > I plan on installing a fresh copy of Windows to the drive which has a > > invalid ntfs, > > I hope you're not planning on installing on the same drive that's > already failed? > > > > and all I'm trying to do is rescue files. When the rescue > > of /dev/sdh1 is finished will it be possible to mount the backup.img and > > just copy the files out of it or will I need to use ddrescue to restore > > the image to a drive? > > It depends on whether the filesystem is intact. If you're lucky, you'll > be able to simply mount the rescue image and copy files. If not, you'll > need to rebuild the files with a recovery tool. ddrescue only does the copy. > > > > > > Also, I am using ddrescue because I read that it works faster by doing > > what dd_rhelp and dd_rescue accomplish by getting the good sectors > > first. It is working at the same slow pace of 130kb per second as > > dd_recue did. It has been running over 24 hours to rescue only 4 Gigs > > and reports not one bad sector so far. Is this normal? > > > > Not usually, but it depends on what's wrong with your drive. > > -jim > > > _______________________________________________ Bug-ddrescue mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-ddrescue
