Barely functioning HD, and seeking advice re: how to successfully record in blu-ray

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

| From: Tim Sattarov <stimur-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>

| a couple of silly questions:-
| - did you try dd with noerror option ?

He used ddrescue, which is even better.

| kpartx utility can help you in detecting partitions and offsets
| (regardless its name it is not KDE or even X application)

Good to know.

| It could sound strange, but since some hard drive chipset becomes very
| hot during intensive read, you'll need intensive cooling.
| I saw (and did it myself) recommendations to freeze hard drive (e.g.
| in a fridge)  before rescuing data.
| 
| http://lifehacker.com/5515337/save-a-failed-hard-drive-in-your-freezer-redux

Interesting.
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