Backing up a damaged SSD

[Kevin O'Gorman]

On Sat, Jul 6, 2019 at 1:29 PM Ian Bruntlett <ian.bruntlett at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Gary and Colin,
>
> On Sat, 6 Jul 2019 at 11:59, Gary Curtin <gary.curtin at gmx.ie> wrote:
>
>> Yeah, and when you do get past the Google login, you get site not
>> found!!
>>
> I hope that is only a temporary glitch.
>
> Temporary work around.
> 1 Go to https://sites.google.com/site/ianbruntlett/
> 2. In the navigation sidebar, click on "Free Software"
> 3. Scroll down to "Linux Live CD/DVDs (technical stuff)" and you'll see
> what I'm talking about :)
>
> In case that doesn't work, the key live CD/DVDs that I would consider
> using are:-
> 1. CAINE (an investigation tool) https://www.caine-live.net/
> 2. Hirens Boot CD (actually a DVD these days)
> https://www.hirensbootcd.org/
> 3. System Rescue CD http://www.system-rescue-cd.org/
>
> I have used CAINE to rescue data from a Windows laptop's harddrive which
> had been rendered unbootable because of a software problem.
>
> If I was to be backing up a damaged SSD, I would definitely try using
> ddrescue, possibly after having booted CAINE.
>
> If you know of other rescue CDs/DVDs I should link to, let me know :)
>
> HTH,
>
>
> Ian
>

I'm found another list that includes two of yours.  It may be of some
interest.

https://techtalk.gfi.com/top-5-free-rescue-discs-for-your-sys-admin-toolkit/

HTH

++ kevin

Kevin O'Gorman
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