From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from nm16.access.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com (nm16.access.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com [66.94.237.217]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C04BE1EF6BC for ; Sun, 26 May 2013 17:16:43 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [66.94.237.199] by nm16.access.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 26 May 2013 21:16:38 -0000 Received: from [98.138.84.214] by tm10.access.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 26 May 2013 21:16:38 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp103.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 26 May 2013 21:16:38 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bellsouth.net; s=s1024; t=1369602998; bh=JvS2CDQJ744Y+MpOggIJu3ymWaY5GNUxvb+Wd37TUhE=; h=X-Yahoo-Newman-Id:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-SMTP:X-Rocket-Received:Received:Date:From:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:References:User-Agent:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=lJOvSxUDsSVDrEgt646ketAT5ppqqvYnDX0sOA+EloPR86Q6CzaYODJZxT106XwPcU6jAhfCchDeM/VhE14ROibj5yOHz4aRvXia8SbaAbak+BVMikSK9MFosV+i13Z/uE++30Ehvf1DfWvEc5QQ+Knye7Ts7RQgQLDbggqnedA= X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 230789.65908.bm@smtp103.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: EZ9XSl8VM1nedHYQJOzX7wi68XADFWMBapkq0zAxGVW62vg UiP2d5DnrhNDmCQtkXIzIkWeAdSWmhzP9pBxacsowX6c1vK4jZBM.2WBq2VJ Q_LIqU2ifQdzIpd0uRXwpARVoMAiAcm69NH89vE9F8XFZ8t41R6oyxPQPiMn bTuCL6u29DvLCo1ce2PGtUKGgBERvePPYk.X8frAilbdgVJv_wp4NmUY2AbM E9P8WjLRerplZX4TRy3JWhT2FnHYy2lIqPxbOvo_ojilRcshT6G1m_EJMutm eXpVnrIdQxZ0ZZwJD7MNm4cVAV5hAryejm04NIcIESE1wC6iUBAWKcZKQ12b UauRMs3u1BUfVsZtBWpfJY7.y2nc1UG2d00NxEWQBuHdwUtT7d_f56xYOvYA 4PWVeV.cHpPVIEyxaW0Z_pFYlbbba3A74MRjUCPszXYdtQQMDFtMerOKYKx5 bErjPZtYwl5J1OL.kfhlGDZZ3OinWlDXKCN2HnuRNVwkSJdi5NjMFIE0- X-Yahoo-SMTP: XOe3HSqswBASZ.SfZl8fqWtqtP4MkNp7cEfpPs64wphU X-Rocket-Received: from dell.bellsouth.net (myrowa@184.41.169.68 with login) by smtp103.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 26 May 2013 21:16:38 +0000 UTC Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dell.bellsouth.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8CF999FBB5 for ; Sun, 26 May 2013 16:16:36 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 16:16:35 -0500 (CDT) From: Adam Myrow To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Accessible image backup and restore program? In-Reply-To: <20130526200307.GA26205@gregn.net> Message-ID: References: <51A242CF.80406@insightbb.com> <20130526200307.GA26205@gregn.net> User-Agent: Alpine 2.02 (DEB 1266 2009-07-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 21:16:45 -0000 On Sun, 26 May 2013, Gregory Nowak wrote: > I can tell you from personal experience that ntfsclone works nicely if > you're trying to recover data from a damaged drive. On the other hand, > partimage bombs as soon as it encounters the first i/o error while > reading the partition in question. Have you tried Gnu Ddrescue? I have a 1TB USB drive that is dying, and I am trying Ddrescue on it, copying the data to a brand new drive of the same size. We'll see how it goes, but I'm curious if you have had any experience using this tool on failing drives.