
As I didn't quite understand the state it would be in once it was done copying stuff, I inserted GOODDISK (pardon the use of these words, but I wasn't able to communicate it properly last time) on a Windows 7 partition to check if it worked right and after noticing that files were still missing I securely unplugged.Īt this point I tried using Testdisk on GOODDISK to see if I could recover anything from it, the only information shown though were the same kind of files that I could see on the fileview on both Windows and Linux Mint. As it was approaching its completion, the BADDISK started emitting uncomfortably loud clicking noise during the parsing for bad sectors phase, which prompted me to stop. It took 5 days due to the only laptop I'm currently able to use being really outdated, with fans keeping both disks and laptop cool. Code: Select all sudo ddrescue -f BADDISK GOODDISK logfile.log to copy the entire thing.
