> On 05/19/2025 8:50 AM PDT TOM WILLIAMS <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 05/18/2025 6:28 AM PDT Enquiries <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Tom, > > I think your workflow should be, recover the entire disk to a good disk or > > a file, mount that recovered image with the password and/or decrypt it, > > then copy out the files you need. > > ddrescue can't 'magically' recover the data from the failed sectors so > > those files will be corrupt. However sometimes ddrescue will manage to > > read sectors on retries that cause OS access / copies to fail so you may be > > lucky... > > > > David > > Hi! Thanks for the message. I'm in the process of doing this, right now. > I'm 18 hours into the recovery process and ddrescue is processing "bad > sectors" now. Once it's finished, I plan on mounting the recovered drive and > copying what I can access to another external hard drive. > > So far, things are going well with the recovery process, meaning it hasn't > stopped yet. lol > > Peace... > > Tom Well, the recovery completed in just under 24 hours and even though I wasn't able to recover everything, I feel good having what data I did recover on a stable drive now. :)
Thanks again for the responses from everyone! :) Peace... Tom > > From: [email protected] > > <[email protected]> on behalf of > > [email protected] <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2025 7:05:26 am > > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > Subject: Bug-ddrescue Digest, Vol 212, Issue 2 > > > > Send Bug-ddrescue mailing list submissions to > > [email protected] > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-ddrescue > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > [email protected] > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > [email protected] > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of Bug-ddrescue digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Guidance needed regarding recovering a folder using ddrescue (Tom) > > 2. Re: Guidance needed regarding recovering a folder using > > ddrescue (David Morrison) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Sat, 17 May 2025 20:07:18 -0700 > > From: Tom <[email protected]> > > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > Subject: Guidance needed regarding recovering a folder using ddrescue > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > > > 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? > > > > 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? > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > Peace... > > > > Tom > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Sun, 18 May 2025 16:04:59 +1000 > > From: David Morrison <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Guidance needed regarding recovering a folder using > > ddrescue > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Subject: Digest Footer > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Bug-ddrescue mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-ddrescue > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > End of Bug-ddrescue Digest, Vol 212, Issue 2 > > ********************************************
