How long to wait?

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gephoto
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How long to wait?

#1 Post by gephoto »

Ran testdisk on a healthy 16gb lexar and it was pretty fast. Running it on the damaged disk I'm wondering how long to wait after agreeing to create a log file.

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Re: How long to wait?

#2 Post by cgrenier »

If there are a lof ot bad sectors, it's better to clone the disk first using gnu ddrescue.
Here is an old tutorial: https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/Damaged_Hard_Disk

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