Aug
23
My hard drive is failing!
Filed Under Data recovery, Stupid
My personal hard drive is failing, so I had to go to Digital Doctors and clone it to a new drive, just like old times. Hard drives suck. There's only one bad sector on it but when the system runs across it, all hell breaks loose.
ddrescue is your friend!
While cloning, it was only going 15 to 20 MB/s even on the good parts. I then realized that the -b flag to ddrescue would allow me to force it to go maximum speed. By using -b 4096 it began going 70 to 80 MB/s on the parts of the drive that are working fine.
Don't forget about the good ole data recovery article.
Tags: clone, ddrescue, failure, hard drives, hd, hddComments
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I have recently purchased and used Paragons 7Tools Exact Image 2009 to image and transfer a hard drive suspected of having a faulty sector. This is a professional tool and purchase price is very reasonable. Used along with Easus Partition Manager 3.0 Home Edition, I was able to transfer a complete and perfect image to a new HDD without issue. Windows XP booted from the new HDD without a hickup – didn't even realise it had been moved. I can recommend both these tools.