Hate stupid drive imaging software that can't skip errors...

[GAO]

Don't mean to be a smart*ss or anything, but the standard procedure is to make regular backups so you don't have to worry about imaging a failing disk. If you get an error backing it up, then you get a new disk and restore the latest good backup and attempt to recover any data since that last backup from the failed disk.

 

[CZroe]

Don't mean to be a smart*ss or anything, but the standard procedure is to make regular backups so you don't have to worry about imaging a failing disk. If you get an error backing it up, then you get a new disk and restore the latest good backup and attempt to recover any data since that last backup from the failed disk.

For things in your control, of course, but what good does that do you when someone who didn't brings you a failing HDD?

 

[2is]

Don't mean to be a smart*ss or anything, but the standard procedure is to make regular backups so you don't have to worry about imaging a failing disk. If you get an error backing it up, then you get a new disk and restore the latest good backup and attempt to recover any data since that last backup from the failed disk.

You're not on the same page... This isn't about preventative maintenance, its about what you do when you're already in this situation.

 

[GAO]

For things in your control, of course, but what good does that do you when someone who didn't brings you a failing HDD?

Fix it for them and tell them to make regular backups.

 

[CZroe]

Fix it for them and tell them to make regular backups.

And that's where the frustration of bad software sets in. That said, I did find the option to skip errors in CloneZilla but it has literally been working all day. I've been working in the dark too because swapping a USB dongle for a wireless keyboard/mouse breaks the GUI and I had no idea how long it was going to take (couldn't view progress).

More sloppy software frustrations! Grr...

 

[GAO]

Doesn't macrium cloning also let you skip bad sectors?

 

[CZroe]

OK. Got it done. Made a DDRescue dump and then tried Acronis (free). Didn't like that the free edition disabled drive to drive but an image and restore did the trick (note: never told me to use chkdisk). This slow failing HDD took almost 20 hours to do all that!

Doesn't macrium cloning also let you skip bad sectors?

The free edition produced bad images and clones without even communicating that any error had been encountered, so it wasn't simply skipping the error regardless. CloneZilla notified me when it encountered errors but resulted in the same un-mountable "RAW" partition.