XPost: aus.computers   
   From: MikeE@ster.invalid   
      
   Paul wrote:   
   > The competing tool HDDSuperClone is finished now,   
      
   Its site and availability sez:   
      
   > Up until now, gnu ddrescue has been widely known to be the best free   
   > hard drive cloning tool for failing hard drives. It is open source   
   > and cross platform. But being cross platform has some limitations,   
   > as there are some specialized ways for Linux to send commands to a   
   > drive that have some advantages over standard techniques. So I would   
   > like to introduce HDDSuperClone, which is not open source and only   
   > works on Linux. There is a free version, and also a more advanced   
   > PRO version available for purchase.   
      
   ... and briefly describes the difference of Pro vs free.   
      
   Besides several apps incl hddsuperclone, he provides a live .iso:   
      
   > The Live CD is now based on Xubuntu. At this time the 32 bit (x86)   
   > version is based on Xubuntu 14.04.5. The 64 bit (x64) version is   
   > based on Xubuntu 18.04.5. Due to the size, the only place I can   
   > currently host the files is on Google Drive.   
      
   They are dated '22 Jul of sizes 900 MB & 1.4GB & checksums.   
      
      
      
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   Mike Easter   
      
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