Re: [Bug-ddrescue] ddrescue outfile

[Zeniff Martineau]

In some situations, I think it might be possible to recover a little
more data from a CD/DVD with "dvdisaster" than with ddrescue. Maybe
you could try that? I think this post is an example:
  http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ddrescue/2016-03/msg00000.html

If it were me, I'd also suggest for you or the family to keep both the
CD and cdimage file(s) made just in case different combinations of
options for "photorec" (or other software) reveal more files or better
intact files later.. or even in case newer versions of recovery
programs are able to recover more in the future.

I hope that helps~


On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 6:41 AM, Paul Daniels <address@hidden> wrote:
> Use photorec to now pull photos out of the data.
>
>    # photorec cdimage
>
> It'll ask where you want to put the data etc, and it'll dump all the files
> it can find based on signature searching.
>
>
>
>
> On 26/08/16 16:49, address@hidden wrote:
>>
>> Sorry to contact you this way. But I have racked my brain trying
>> desperately to imitate that I am as intelligent as you guys and I am
>> totally out of energy.
>>
>> I used ddrescue 1.19 to rescue a badly scratched CD containing photos of a
>> soldier who died recently. The family asked if I could retrieve images
>> from a damaged CD. I would be really excited to tell them I recovered the
>> photos using ddrescue on Linux Mint 18. The command was (as per your
>> manual's example):
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> ddrescue -n -b2048 /dev/cdrom cdimage mapfile
>> --------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>> Now, I am totally blown away as to the next step. First, I don't know if I
>> have anything to offer them. Here are the results:
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> rescued:   320307 kB,  errsize:  18354 kB,  errors:     279
>>
>> Current status
>> rescued:   322701 kB,  errsize:  15960 kB,  current rate:        0 B/s
>>     ipos:   338659 kB,   errors:     273,    average rate:     1251 B/s
>>     opos:   338659 kB, run time:   31.88 m,  successful read:      13 s
>> ago
>> Finished
>> ---------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Second, I have searched for hours to figure out what to do with "cdimage".
>> I have the file on my hard drive. But nobody seems to be able to tell me
>> in stupid language how to turn "cdimage" into a photo CD.
>>
>> Please help. I am at the end of my rope.
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Ron Asselstine
>> D 'n R Computer Services
>>
>>
>> P.S.   I am not charging these people anything to do this. They have
>> already paid a tremendous personal amount.
>>
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