On Sat, 30 Mar 2013 22:36:55 -0400 (EDT) Jay Ashworth <[email protected]> wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Paul L Daniels" <[email protected]> > > > Jay Ashworth <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > ----- Orig > > > Rogerio is going to hate us. :-) > > > > Let the debating begin... :) > > I like that attitude. Hopefully shared knowledge and new understanding is the end result :) > dig you up references; I often store only the integrated result, > rather than the source material, in my head. That's the delightful power of Google, and I think there's nothing really wrong with that, just isn't practical to know everything outright when the index pages will do. I tried googling for things like "Why you shouldn't use a USB bridge" and some variants but didn't find anything specific yet, so I'll wait for you to find your source and then I'll take a read. > If you ever have to do it, of course, you're trashing the drive > immediately after, but that's true of recoveries in general, so... Oh for certain, if it's a "last stop before the bin" situation, then by all means. I find getting it spun up ASAP as its removed helps. A chest freezer with the HDD/cables located inside and just slipping out under the lid seal is a great way to bypass the issues. Paul. -- Computer Repairs for Charters towers - http://ctpc.biz PLDaniels - http://pldaniels.com A.B.N. 19 500 721 806 _______________________________________________ Bug-ddrescue mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-ddrescue
