Recover files after running ddrescue

ostene · 05-09-2014, 10:41 AM

Hello!
I run ddrescue on a bad disk and saved the two partitions
to another disk as file 'name1.img' and 'name2.img'.
How can I recover the files from that partition to a
readable form for e.g. Open Office Writer. Fedora 14, 32 bit.
Thanks in forward
ostene

schneidz · 05-09-2014, 10:44 AM

i've had good luck with photorec.

spazticclown · 05-09-2014, 10:56 AM

You can mount the partitions as loop devices.
Assuming the command to make the images was something like:

Code:

ddrescue /dev/sdb1 ./name1.img ./name1.log
ddrescue /dev/sdb2 ./name2.img ./name2.log

Then you should be able to do something like

Code:

mkdir name1 name2
mount -o loop,ro name1.img name1
mount -o loop,ro name2.img name2

Now you can just browse into these using 'cd' or a graphical file browser and copy out what you want.

If the images fail to mount then performing a fsck might get the data readable (probably best to back up the images before doing this).

Photorec is also a good suggestion from schneidz (see above). Foremost and scalpel can also be used although if the ddrescue went well it shouldn't be that hard.

Best of luck to you.