From: jdbeard@patriot.net   
      
   On 04/18/2013 10:06 AM, Wolfgang Schelongowski wrote:   
   > "Daniel47@teranews.com"  writes:   
   >   
   > [saving a 'broken' partition/disk]   
   >   
   >> Now, just in case the HD is dying, I'd better dd this drive to my spare,   
   >> as suggested by others.   
   >   
   > You want to use dd_rescue instead of dd AND send all its   
   > (error-)messages into a file. RTFM of dd_rescue first, of course.   
   >   
      
   It seems there are three versions off dd*rescue offered by   
   Mandriva 2011.  None is installed by default. The later version   
   of GNU ddrescue is likely the best choice.   
      
   Cheers!   
      
   jim b.   
      
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