> On 05/17/2025 11:04 PM PDT David Morrison <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 18/5/2025 13:07, Tom via Bug reports for ddrescue, data recovery tool. > wrote: > > Hi! I'm running Manjaro Linux and I found out TODAY that the HDD in my HP > > Pavilion laptop is experiencing some S.M.A.R.T. failures, which I interpret > > as the drive starting to fail. :( > > > > So, I'm in the process of getting some data off it before I replace it with > > a SSD. Some files in some folders can't be copied, due to read errors. > > So, I was thinking I could use ddrescue to "recover" these folders so I can > > salvage the files. I've used ddrescue to recover entire HDDs, in the past, > > but I haven't tried it on individual folders. > > > > Is it possible to use ddrescue to recover individual folders or should I > > just try to recover the entire drive and then access the files in the > > recovered image? > I do not think so. ddrescue only knows about the disk blocks. It does not > know anything about the filesystem on the disk to be able to identify files > or folders. > > Also, the filesystem with the folders in question is on a partition that is > > encrypted (the entire drive is encrypted so I have to enter the password at > > boot time to boot the system). Will this impact my ability to recover the > > drive so I can access the files? > This is one of the risks with encryption. Yes, it is secure, but only if > everything continues to work properly. Recovering individual files from such > a disk, I suspect, will be difficult. > > Cheers > > David
Thanks to you and Mr Ashworth for your replies! I'm attempting to recover the drive to another HDD I have laying around to get the data off. Then, I'll replace the failing drive with a SSD and will get everything migrated to the SSD. Peace... Tom
