help with ddrescue
hello.
first sorry for my english!
i have a broken disk and i need the information. the disk have a lot of damage sectors.
i try to do a ddrescue image...
ej: ddrescue -n /dev/baddisc /media/directory/image.img /media/directory/log.log
the thing is that the process was ok but when i try to the created img file in windows says that the image dont have any format...
im a windows user... i dont understand ubuntu... i do all this reading but it seems im doing something wrong because the image created doesnt work.
please if anyone can helpme i will apreceate a lot.
thanks in advance!
detail of what i do.
sda1--- is the good disc
sdb1--- is the bad disc
comands i put:
when ubuntu livecd boots...
sudo -s
mkdir /media/new
mount -t ntfs /dev/sda1 /media/new
ddrescue -n /dev/sdb1 /media/new/img.img /media/new/log.log
when finishes i cannot open the image...
PLEASE HELP!!!
Windows cannot open the
Windows cannot open the image - which is why you used Ubuntu Rescue Remix to save your data!
Boot into Ubuntu again and mount the image:
mkdid mnt
sudo mount /media/new/img.img mnt
and all your files will appear in the mnt directory...
You can use the live cd with the graphical interface to do this. You can copy your files with the graphical file browser.
Did the image creation finish without errors?
thanks for your answer! the
thanks for your answer!
the image is not of all disk because the most bad sectors are in the begining of the disk (it has a lot) so to test i do a ddrescue from the 20000000 sector... this can affect the result of the image??
how do i use the graphical interface?
waiting impatience for your answer.
thanks in advance!
pd: i will try to mount the image. if i cant i tell you.
No, you won't be able to
No, you won't be able to mount the image unless it it a full image.
ddrescue is designed to read through disk errors. Let it run to create a complete image, then try to mount it.
After 2 days finish the
After 2 days finish the ddrescue. ive got a new iamge. during the process a lot of erros appears. when it finished i still cannot open the image. some nfts signature error appear. some advise??
i have some i/o errors during ddrescue process... but the process didnt stop.
at least i need to rescue the outlook.pst file. any idea?
thenks!
How big is the error size?
How big is the error size? I assume you used a log when you ran ddrescue. Can you get any more data when running ddrescue again with the log (can you make the error size get any smaller?)
If the error size is relatively small, you can try ruining TestDisk on the image and rebuilding the NTFS MFT. You would be able to copy the PST files you need from the image that way.