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> Not necessarily. If the drive reads wqith only a few i/o errors, use dd with
> the conv=noerror parameter. Provided, of course, that your "working" HDD
> holds the full capacity of the failing drive. I did that recently with a 3GB
> drive. Few read errors. Loop-mount the dd'd file, burn to CD. Done.
>
Let me recommend 'dd_rescue'. Often drives fail with a read error in a
specific location. You use dd_rescue till you get to the error, then
use it in reverse (from the end of the disk) to get the rest.
Regards,
Mark
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