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> Currently I am ddresucueing the flashcard to the harddisc. |
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>>> Next I will try to mount the sdcard. |
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I hope you meant to say "mount the sdcard image". Once ddrescue has done |
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its best, you wont try to use the sdcard again. |
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Also, you probably want to copy the image first, because when you try to |
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fix it you will perform writes, and you dont want to lock yourself out of |
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other recovery options by making potentially damaging writes. |
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> What reliable sdcard-reader can one recommend ? |
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I'm not sure what you mean here given that you're making an image with |
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ddrescue. |
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Is the assumption correct, that -- if ddrescue could read each |
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>> partitions of the sdcard without stuttering, retries and errors -- |
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> the sdcard itsself is ok and "only" the logical structure |
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>> (fs, superblock etc) got damaged? |
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>> Or do I overlook something? |
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If ddrescue can read it cleanly with no retries (in which case it will |
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offer no benefit over dd) then yes, I agree. However, given the cost of a |
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card and the cost of your time and the risk to your data, I wouldnt be |
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using it. |
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> I dont know of a cdparanoia type recovery utility for sdcards but I |
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> suspect sdcard design means that approach wont work. |
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I would just use photorec against a copy of the image. I have done this in |
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the past and recovered many files from a ddrescued image of a failing USB |
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drive, however, all the filenames were lost. |
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