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I have now installed debian on the laptop.
I installed testdisk also.

Testdisk sees the bad hard drive (connected via USB). This shows as /dev/sdb/
I am able to list files from this bad drive and able to select the files.

I select the /home/downloads directory on the laptop hardrive as the ...

SystemRescueCD is a CD based Linux. I don't understand what you mean by "supported by your OS".

The second USB drive is recognized by TestDisk as well as Linux (it shows as /dev/sdb).

When I select /dev/sdb as the destination TestDisk Copy seems to work but there is nothing in the drive after the ...

Hi,

I am trying to do the same but after copy nothing is there on the destination drive.
I have the bad drive connected to one USB port and a good drive to another USB port.

After I select the files I press "C" to copy and it seems to work.

I select the destination drive by going to the directory ...

So to select the destination drive, we have to go to the first drive selection screen in TestDisk ?

I selected /dev/sdb from the directory tree and pressed "C" for copy.
It said copying but after it said "Copy successful" there was nothing in the /dev/sdb which should have been my other drive.

I ...