I think you mean ddrescue? I have been running it for a few days and getting lots of errors. GNU ddrescue 1.17 Press Ctrl-C to interrupt rescued: 328577 MB, errsize: 85901 MB, current rate: 12047 kB/s ipos: 414478 MB, errors: 321, average rate: 6771 kB/s opos: 414478 MB, time since last successful read: 0 s Copying non-tried blocks... Any suggestions on how to cool the usb drive with the errors. I have it flat on a cold large faux granite desk surface which is very cold to the touch. But the drive is still very warm. Thanks! Mark On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 6:48 PM, George Toft wrote: > There is a special version of dd that will retry on bad sectors and try to > formulate a best guess for the bad sector. I've used it with some success > - took about 2 weeks to recover a 300GB drive. I also had to keep it > refrigerated. > > Regards, > > George Toft > > On 12/19/2015 9:32 AM, Stephen Partington wrote: > > There is an application called test disk that might be handy for data > recovery. But this looks like your drive is in bad shape. > On Dec 19, 2015 9:25 AM, "Mark Phillips" > wrote: > >> I have a 2 TB WD USB drive that I formated with NTFS. I have a rather >> extensive movie/TV library on it for my plex media server, and I am getting >> read errors. I hope I haven't lost all of that data! It has been attached >> to one of my Netgear wireless access points, hence the need for NTFS. >> >> fdisk -l gives for the drive >> /dev/sdc1 2048 3906963455 1953480704 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT >> >> I tried running smartctl on the device, (which is now plugged into a usb >> 3.0 port on my laptop) and got this error after a few tests >> >> SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 >> Num Test_Description Status Remaining >> LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error >> # 1 Short offline Completed: read failure 90% >> 10086 494859396 >> # 2 Extended offline Completed: read failure 90% >> 10073 494859396 >> # 3 Extended offline Completed: read failure 90% >> 10072 494859396 >> # 4 Short offline Completed: read failure 90% >> 10072 494859396 >> >> I noticed this in the attributes section of smartctl - >> Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: >> ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE >> UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE >> 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x002f 200 200 051 Pre-fail >> Always - 122 >> 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0027 202 200 021 Pre-fail >> Always - 4891 >> 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age >> Always - 464 >> 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 200 200 140 Pre-fail >> Always - 0 >> 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x002e 100 253 000 Old_age >> Always - 0 >> 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 087 087 000 Old_age >> Always - 10086 >> 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age >> Always - 0 >> 11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age >> Always - 0 >> 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age >> Always - 40 >> 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age >> Always - 17 >> 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 198 198 000 Old_age >> Always - 6187 >> 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 121 102 000 Old_age >> Always - 31 >> 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age >> Always - 0 >> 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age >> Always - 31 >> 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0030 100 253 000 Old_age >> Offline - 0 >> 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age >> Always - 0 >> 200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x0008 100 253 000 Old_age >> Offline - 0 >> >> Any thoughts on how I can fix this drive, or do I need to get a new one? >> What is the best way to copy the contents of the drive with these errors to >> a new drive? >> >> Thanks! >> >> Mark >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >