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Hi,
the log i sent in my first post was the log of testdisk running against the copy, on the Toshiba, I was trying to recover the partitions I lost on the WD. I will try again with a larger disk to make sure ddrescue has enough space to copy the WD to a new disk.

Hi,
the log file was created with testdisk running on the Toshiba after the ddrescue was done. I was under the impression that it's best not to disturb the broken disk too much that's why i made the copy. I will try to copy again to a larger drive, or do you suggest I run testdisk directly on the ...

ddrescue --force /dev/sdc /dev/sdb

/dev/sdc is the WD My Passport
/dev/sdb is the Toshiba.

I didn't add any parameter, I ran it under a virtualbox running peppermint, it was showing 0 read errors, 99% done because of lack of disk space. I understand that I need 5% more than the original disk so I ...

Hi,
thanks for your help, i have read a few of the other posts from people having the same issue but i don't know if mine is similar, so instead of trying options without knowing what i'm doing, i'm posting my log here with hope that someone can help me.

Things to consider:

The disk is a 1TB ...