ddrescue with a GUI

[David]

Quick question - I have the Ultimate Boot CD which has command line
ddrescue but not (I think) the GUI python script.

Is there a Live CD with ddrescue and the GUI?

Google is not being my friend at present.

Cheers


Dave R

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[Johnny B Good]

On Sat, 25 Jun 2016 09:53:41 +0000, David wrote:

> Quick question - I have the Ultimate Boot CD which has command line
> ddrescue but not (I think) the GUI python script.
>
> Is there a Live CD with ddrescue and the GUI?
>
> Google is not being my friend at present.
>

It looks like ddrescue-gui is now included in the list of X Programs on
the current PartedMagic download. My version of PartedMagic dates from
2013 and is lacking this program option - I just checked.

Having such utilities on a rescue/live CD distro makes a lot of sense
over having to download and install them to an installed distro. ddrescue
is not something you'd want to use in anger on a work-a-day desktop
machine if you can help it.

Using ddrescue instead of something like Clonezilla, otoh, is a
different proposition. Cloning from one good drive to a larger good drive
with very little risk of the job time going from a few hours to a few
days is one thing but when dealing with cloning a failing drive, I'd
rather use a Live CD boot session like PartedMagic on an al-fresco setup
laid out on the workbench than my regular desktop PC for just such
protracted recovery exercises and this is just the situation that calls
for the use of a live distro such as PartedMagic or UBCD.

The latest version of PartedMagic claims to have ddrescue-gui but is no
longer freeware and is only available via a paywalled web site. A one off
copy of the current version now costs $9.00 which is chicken feed
compared to most seriously limited software toolsets costing as much or
even more.

I checked out the latest UBCD to see whether their version of PartedMagic
now included DDRescue-GUI but it doesn't. As a matter of fact, it's a
version that's only younger than my stand-alone version by about 6 weeks
(Ver 2013_08_01 versus 2013_06_15).

You just might find DDRescue-GUI on the latest Knoppix Live CD/DVD after
downloading the iso, burning it to disk (or flash memory device) and
booting it. I couldn't track down any listings of what apps were included
so I'm afraid to say it's a case of "Suck it and see!".

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[Chris Whelan]

Johnny B Good wrote:

[...]

> The latest version of PartedMagic claims to have ddrescue-gui but is no
> longer freeware and is only available via a paywalled web site. A one off
> copy of the current version now costs $9.00 which is chicken feed
> compared to most seriously limited software toolsets costing as much or
> even more.

I can confirm that the latest version of PartedMagic includes DDRescue-GUI.

As an aside, the developer and his wife both lost their jobs, which is why
he decided to turn the tool into a commercial one. IMHO, it's worth every
penny (cent?) of the price.

Support is available directly from the developer, and the one time I had a
query he bent over backwards to help me.

Chris

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[Johnny B Good]

And, FTAOD, it's the developer of PartedMagic (and his XYL) who lost
their day jobs. The ddrescue-gui python script is still a free add-on to
ddrescue (although downloading ddrescue-gui does include the ddrescue
package as well to save you having to separately download and install
both).

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[Mike Tomlinson]

En el artículo <%TBbz.554742$e71.2...@fx43.am4>, Chris Whelan
<cawh...@prejudicentlworld.com> escribió:

>As an aside, the developer and his wife both lost their jobs, which is why
>he decided to turn the tool into a commercial one. IMHO, it's worth every
>penny (cent?) of the price.

I'd like to support him, so will buy it, but where does it say he lost
his job? I'm looking at https://partedmagic.com/

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[Chris Whelan]

Mike Tomlinson wrote:

> En el artículo <%TBbz.554742$e71.2...@fx43.am4>, Chris Whelan
> <cawh...@prejudicentlworld.com> escribió:
>
>>As an aside, the developer and his wife both lost their jobs, which is why
>>he decided to turn the tool into a commercial one. IMHO, it's worth every
>>penny (cent?) of the price.
>
> I'd like to support him, so will buy it, but where does it say he lost
> his job? I'm looking at https://partedmagic.com/

One ref here:

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTQzNTI

[Mike Tomlinson]

En el artículo <DiNbz.393489$tR2.3...@fx37.am4>, Chris Whelan
<cawh...@prejudicentlworld.com> escribió:

>http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTQzNTI

Thanks.

To be honest, I've never used it and it's not even in my downloads
folder which I've obsessively added to and curated since 19-mumble,
so...

[David]

On Sat, 25 Jun 2016 09:53:41 +0000, David wrote:

> Quick question - I have the Ultimate Boot CD which has command line
> ddrescue but not (I think) the GUI python script.
>
> Is there a Live CD with ddrescue and the GUI?
>
> Google is not being my friend at present.

Decided to install the latest Mint on my spare 60GB SSD (which seems to be
far too small for any Windows shenanigans).

Running at the moment with only the Mint SSD connected, and with gddrescue
and ddrescue-gui installed.

I am considering leaving the Mint SSD as a long term option and just
changing the boot order instead of using grub2 (or similar) to provide a
dual boot menu.

Clunkier but perhaps a little cleaner, as witness the extra steps I had to
go through when my grub/linux HDD bit the dust.