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GNU ddrescue

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Also known as ddrescue, gddrescue

GNU ddrescue is a data recovery tool for disk drives, DVDs, CDs, and other digital storage media. It copies raw blocks of storage, such as disk sectors, from one device or file to another, while handling read errors in an intelligent manner to minimize data loss by scraping good sectors from partially read blocks.

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GNU ddrescue
inception
2004-00-00
software version identifier
1.30
source code repository URL
ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ddrescue
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  • Description
  • Algorithm
  • Fill mode
  • Unrelated recovery tools
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

GNU ddrescue is a data recovery tool for disk drives, DVDs, CDs, and other digital storage media. It copies raw blocks of storage, such as disk sectors, from one device or file to another, while handling read errors in an intelligent manner to minimize data loss by scraping good sectors from partially read blocks.

GNU ddrescue is written in the C++ programming language, and is available as open-source software that was originally released in 2004. It is also available in binary form as a component in most Linux distributions.

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