Re: [Bug-ddrescue] help needed recovering a hard drive with bad blocks

[James Bardin]

> > ddrescue -B -n /dev/baddrive /dev/newdrive
> > /media/usbflashdrive/logfile
>
> Close, but you forgot about partitions.
You can copy the disk as a whole, and partition data  will be copied 
too. There will just be unallocated space at the end of the drive. But 
Ariel is right in  that it is more useful to use that space.


> > 4.  If I it cannot be mounted, use PhotoRec to recover
> > files ???
>
> Don't know this tool.
If PhotoRec doesn't cut it, and you're willing to pay for software, 
GetDataBack for NTFS (www.runtime.org) has worked best for me. I don't 
think PhotoRec has anyway of recovering fragmented files, but software 
that understands NTFS can try to rebuild the MFT and piece some of the 
fragmented files back together.

-jim