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GNU ddrescue 1.30 "Orders of Magnitude" Better In Recovery From Drives With A Dead Head (www.phoronix.com)

submitted 4 weeks ago by cm0002@ttrpg.network to c/linux@programming.dev

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GNU ddrescue as the free software data recovery tool from files or block devices is out today with a big feature release. The new GNU ddrescue 1.30 is improved by "orders of magnitude" for the automatic recovery from drives with a dead head.

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[-] mmmm@sopuli.xyz 14 points 4 weeks ago

Sounds like it's time to get an IDE adaptor and try to recover something from my old drives

[-] eleijeep@piefed.social 10 points 4 weeks ago

https://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/

[-] Feyd@programming.dev 2 points 3 weeks ago

How does it know if you've been listening to grateful dead, though

[+] lnxtx@sopuli.xyz -8 points 4 weeks ago

Who tf chose that AI "photo". Phoronix, keep the quality.

[-] frongt@lemmy.zip 23 points 4 weeks ago

Why do you say it's AI? I see no reason to say that.

[-] BCsven@lemmy.ca -3 points 4 weeks ago

The head appears to be sandwiched between two layers of metal. The right hand side has a random piece that has shadows and depth that makes it look deeper than the disk depth on the left.

Also what is that foam cutout over the disk? I have never seen that on drives I have opened.

[-] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 21 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

The head appears to be sandwiched between two layers of metal.

Someone has bent the lid of the hdd, the other side you're seeing is the reflection on the disc surface

The right hand side has a random piece that has shadows and depth that makes it look deeper than the disk depth on the left.

For me the shadows and reflections look consistently and reasonable. E.g. the reflection of the metal arc on the right hand side ought to appear thicker than the metal of the arc due to the perspective.