[TriLUG] Need help with recovering data from a drive

[Steve Litt via TriLUG]

On Mon, 6 Apr 2015 07:54:59 -0400
Mauricio Tavares via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 12:55 AM, Moose Barry via TriLUG
> <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> > The target drive is a terabyte. The source is 500GB.
> > Thanks,
> > Moose
> >
>       I think what Steve is suggesting is to create two iso files of
> the bad drive (or create one and then copy it) and put them in
> different locations; only time you touch the original drive is to
> create the iso. iso1 is a backup and iso2 is the one you are doing
> your recovering on. If you screw iso2 up, just copy iso1 over it.

I wasn't thinking that, but yes, making two images is better than what I
suggested.


SteveT

Steve Litt 
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