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I'm simply fortunate that the data I lost wasn't important, but if a GUI like this had existed when I first used ddrescue, I could have avoided making some of those mistakes. Some of them have simply wasted a bit of time, but some of them have meant I've lost data. That might sound quite negative, but in truth it's exactly why I wrote DDRescue-GUI I've made a fair few mistakes when doing data recovery. Firstly, data recovery is a complex and delicate subject, and even when using tools as powerful as GNU ddrescue, things can go wrong, especially if you're not experienced. Why read this document? Well, for a lot of reasons.

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This document will teach you how to use both GNU ddrescue and DDRescue-GUI, and serves as a general-purpose troubleshooting reference. GNU ddrescue is a command-line (text-only) program, so using this interface with it brings you all of the power ddrescue has to offer, combined with the ease of use of a simple, cross-platform GUI. GNU ddrescue in action DDRescue-GUI in action Terminal output in DDRescue-GUI DDRescue-GUI's Disk Information Window (Linux) DDRescue-GUI's Disk Information Window (Mac) DDRescue-GUI's Main Window (Linux) DDRescue-GUI's Main Window (Mac) Detailed info in DDRescue-GUI Detailed info in action in DDRescue-GUI Disk info in DDRescue-GUI (Linux) Disk info in DDRescue-GUI (Mac) DDRescue-GUI's Settings (Linux) DDRescue-GUI's Settings (Mac) DDRescue-GUI's Settings Pre-sets DDRescue-GUI in action Recovery Success (Linux) Recovery Success (Mac) Recovery Failure/Aborted (Linux) Recovery Failure/Aborted (Mac) Reverse read, and preset Manually selecting an output device (Linux-only) Navigating to /dev on Linux Confirming your destination (Linux) Confirming your destination (Mac) The mount button (Linux) The mount button (Mac) Selecting a partition (Linux) Selecting a partition (Mac) Successfully mounting a partition in your device (Linux) Successfully mounting a partition in your device (Mac) Successfully mounting your partition (Linux) Successfully mounting your partition (Mac) vĦ Preface Abstract DDRescue-GUI is a Graphical User Interface for GNU ddrescue, a data recovery tool.

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License For This Documentation ivĥ List of Figures 1.1. License For The Stylesheets used to generate this documentation B. 8 The Disk Info Window Getting Started With DDRescue-GUI The Main Window Setting up for your recovery Start your recovery Finishing your recovery Advanced Functionality Why should I use a mapfile? The advanced options in the settings window Direct Disk Access Reading backwards Preallocating disk space Soft run Overwrite output file Number of times to retry bad sectors Maximum number of errors before exiting Number of clusters to copy at a time Device-Device recoveries Recovering individual files with DDRescue-GUI Mounting Output Files When recovering from an entire device When recovering from a partition Frequently Asked Questions Setup-related Questions Runtime Questions iiiĤ User Guide for DDRescue-GUI v1.7.1 and higher Post-recovery Questions Troubleshooting Questions A. 4 Where can I download DDRescue-GUI? Data Recovery Concepts.

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Link To GNU Free Documentation License [ Source code is available atģ Table of Contents Preface. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled 'GNU Free Documentation License'.

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Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. 1 User Guide for DDRescue- GUI v1.7.1 and higher generated by DAPSĢ User Guide for DDRescue-GUI v1.7.1 and higher: generated by DAPS Version 1.0 Revision: 5 Copyright (c) Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty.