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Re: [LUG] USB with "target critical error dev sdb sector 8)

 

On Thu, 27 Jun 2013, Henry Bremridge wrote:

The data is I hope backed up but apart from reformatting the drive is there any way of getting the data back

You might want to try the ddrescue program - it will produce an image of the original as a file which you can then fsck and loopback mount. With a bit of luck it might recover most data. It may also take some hours and not produce anything, however ...

Gordon


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