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From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To: Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: How to recover data from dead hard drive.
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On Mon, 09 Oct 2017 12:27:51 -0400, Ernie Luzar wrote:
> A while back I remember reading a post giving the steps and software to 
> use to recover data from a dead H.D.

Last time it appeared:

Subject: Re: Recovering data from a broken HDD
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 01:17:47 +0200



> Could that be reposted again.

Sure. :-)

System:
	dd
	fsck_ffs
	clri
	fsdb
	fetch -rR <device>
	recoverdisk

Ports:
	ddrescue
	dd_rescue
	ffs2recov
	magicrescue
	testdisk
	The Sleuth Kit:
		fls
		dls
		ils
		autopsy
	scan_ffs
	recoverjpeg
	foremost
	photorec
	fatback

Proprietary (free test version for diagnostics):

	SysDev Laboratories LLC "UFS Explorer"

Most tools require you to know what you're doing, so learning
how to use those tools appears to be mandatory. As I said, work
with (a copy of) the copy of the disk if possible, so in worst
case you can start from the beginning without feeling guilty
that you did something wrong. ;-)


-- 
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...