Here is what I did to finish the process....
Hi ducklip
Since you are able to list your files, this is what I suggest...
Find a drive with enough room to receive the files you want to pluck out of the image drive. Mount it. Change directory into it so you don't have to go looking for it while you are in Testdisk. Follow commands below to execute the process...
mkdir mnt
sudo mount /dev/sdc1 (or whatever the device turns out to be)
mnt
cd mnt
sudo testdisk /dev/sdb (assuming sdb is the drive with the ddrescue image)
(navigate through testdisk to analyse and pick files.)
Press "c" to copy. It will ask you where to put it, Make sure the
. is highlighted (
.) The dot is the current directory. Two dots is one level up like so:
.
..
/documents
etc...
Press "y" for "Yes, copy the folder I selected to here (
.)
Do the same for all the folders you want.
Or you can select them ALL to be copied if you choose too.
Just be careful to
make sure you always select the correct drive....
Andy
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Well folks, friends and neighbors from around the world...The verdict is in!!!
And I am HAPPY to announce that by using "RESCUE REMIX” it has
ddrescue and testdisk as a part of it's package - I was able to successfully list ALL my data and copy it all to a new working drive.
I did first spot test a few files and that was successful and they worked perfectly....
I started this journey on May 24th so I have been working on this with the help of my friend Andy who is the Creator of Rescue Remix for the past 18 days.
I do want to point out that in the beginning to get the process going I had to take the bad drive out of it's external housing and put it in a new housing for my computer to recognize it.
Anyway - by not panicking, rushing or losing hope, the long tedious effort paid off...Patience went along way to get me through the stressful times too...
This was a great learning experience. I had everything else backed up
except the drive that went bad...The reason I didn’t back it up because it was soooo BIG.
Well trust me that bad boy is backed up now...
God bless to all, thanks to Fiona for being there to pet my head and make me feel like I wasn’t alone...
This case is
SOLVED!
Love,
ducklip