Linux Data recover..

Hello,

If you are searching for some post in order to recover the disk space for your harddisk then read this.
The "ddrescue" is a program that copies data from one file or block device to another,
it is a tool to help you to save data from crashed partition.
It tries to read and if it fails it will go on with the next sectors, where tools like dd will fail. If the copying process is interrupted by the user it is possible to continue at any position later. It can copy backwards.
Install dd_rescue or ddrescue

If you are using Debian Linux:

# apt-get install ddrescue

If you are using RedHat/Fedora Core Linux, type the following command:

# yum -y install ddrescue

Or directly download ddrescue from official GNU web site. http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html

Please note that Debian install ddrescue binary as /bin/dd_rescue and other distribution as /usr/bin/ddrescue
How do I use dd_rescue (ddrescue)?

To make exact copy of /dev/sda (damaged) to /dev/sdb (make sure sdb is empty) you need to type following command:

# ddrescue /dev/hda /dev/hdb

Naturally next step is to run fsck on /dev/sdb partition to recover/save data. Remember do not touch originally damaged /dev/sda. If this procedure fails you can send your disk to professional data recovery service. For example if /home (user data) is on /dev/sda2, you need to run a command on /dev/sdb2:

# fsck /dev/sdb2

Once fsck run, mount /dev/sdb2 somewhere and see if you can access data:

# mount /dev/sdb2 /mnt/data

It is time to take backup using tar command.

ddrescue command supports tons of options. Don’t forget to read man page:

# man ddrescue

OR

# man dd_rescue

This program is useful to rescue data in case of I/O errors, because it does not necessarily abort or truncate the output. This is why you need to use this program.

Cheap Dedicated server
Cheap Dedictaed Server hosting