On Fri, 8 May 2015 21:35:56 +0100 Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Friday 08 May 2015 21:09:42 German wrote: > > What will happen when I duplicate drive? Why is that failed drive is > > failed and duplicated drive might be repairable? If it's > > duplicated, it will be exactly the same, no? > > Yes, that is the point. If there is something wrong with the disk > then every time you read it you may be making it worse. Every time > you read it it may be the last time you can. And it has your precious > data on. So TAKE A COPY WHILE YOU CAN. If the data are really > precious take two copies. > > Then work on a copy. If you are working on it, you may destroy it or > anyhow damage it. If you are doing it to the one and only original > that would matter. Do it to a copy. Make all the attempts you want > on the copy. You still have the original if something goes wrong. > > > Confused. And bad drive is physically ok > > I think, it is just something wrong with file system. > > You could still lose or damage the files in the process of recovery. > Besides, how sure are you that it is not the drive? How precious are > the data? > > > MTF? > ????? Mean time to failure?? > > Lisi > > Well, data is pretty much precious to me. Studios flacs of rare and hard to get music. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150508164002.718c5...@asterius.asterius.net
