commands.sh

ddrescue

linux

Data recovery tool that reads data from damaged block devices.

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Options (2)

-f, --forceboolean

Clone Disk A to Disk B, creating a log file

Example: sudo ddrescue {{[-f|--force]}} {{[-n|--no-scrape]}} {{/dev/sdX}} {{/dev/sdY}} {{path/to/log.txt}}
-n, --no-scrapeboolean

Clone Disk A to Disk B, creating a log file

Example: sudo ddrescue {{[-f|--force]}} {{[-n|--no-scrape]}} {{/dev/sdX}} {{/dev/sdY}} {{path/to/log.txt}}

Examples (2)

Take an image of a device, creating a log file

sudo ddrescue /dev/sdb path/to/image.dd path/to/log.txt

Clone Disk A to Disk B, creating a log file

sudo ddrescue [-f|--force] [-n|--no-scrape] /dev/sdX /dev/sdY path/to/log.txt
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