[Leaplist] Fastest backup possible? THX BS, RO, SL

[Chris]

Thanks much folks -

Sounds like I'd be well off to shop for a 2.5" ide adaptor so I can
throw this into a desktop. Probably a handy thing to have around
anyway.

Here's hoping - although as a former motorcycle mechanic, I
know that the difference between dying and dead at 5k rpm
can be a very short time span. I suppose the good news is that
hard drives have gotten insanely cheap per gb.

Cheers, Chris


Steve Litt wrote:

>On Friday 15 August 2008 10:05, Richard F. Ostrow Jr. wrote:
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>>fastest and simplest I can think of would be to use dd (disk dump).
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>>Personally, I'd assume that I probably can't salvage the whole drive and
>>simply target exactly what I want or *must* save, and toss the rest. If
>>you wanted to keep the OS, you would have done a RAID.
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>Yeah, my first thought is to prioritize what you need, and get that first. 
>Other than that, follow the other suggestions in this thread.
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>I had this happen to me, once with my Linux box and once with my sister in 
>law's windows box. Both times I shipped the data out eth0 to a nfs mount. It 
>amazed me how much better the dying disk behaved when it wasn't the booted OS 
>(I booted Knoppix). I got everything I needed, then wiped the drive (with a 
>32 ounce hammer, as per Troubleshooters.Com privacy policy).
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>SteveT
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