[mythtv-users] Hard drive failure -- recovery method suggestions

[Ian Oliver]

In article <FE9F3036-BECF-4350-B0F4-BE7594567FAC at thehobsons.co.uk>, Simon Hobson wrote:
> My favourite recovery tool for drives with bad sectors is ddrescue (not to be confused 
with dd_rescue !) which is designed specifically for this.

I 2nd that recommendation as it's a great tool. It quickly copies good bits and will then 
keep trying bad areas. If you use a log file (you really must!) then you can keep running it 
with even more retries.

On disks that are basket case, it can takes a long time, but other disks it will fully 
recover (every sector!) very quickly.