From: Daniel47@teranews.com   
      
   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.   
      
   Wolfgang, firstly, I have my Home (sda8) up and running again, so do I   
   really need dd_rescue?? I was just meaning to use the dd command to copy   
   my sda drive to a spare (sdb) drive, as a back-up.   
      
   I tried man dd_rescue but was told "No manual entry for dd_rescue".   
      
   Daniel   
      
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