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Show threadpatatahooliganOct 5, 2023

Thanks for the input, guys. I consider my issue resolved.

As for the specific question I head, dd can fill with zeroes the blocks that failed to read with conv=noerror,sync. However, this puts the zeroes at the end of the block and not over the exact bit/byte that failed to read, meaning that a read error will invalidate the rest of the block.

But the consensus across source I searched seems to be to use ddrescue instead of dd.

patatahooliganOct 5, 2023

Create image from SSD with I/O errors

https://lemmy.world/post/6341727

Create image from SSD with I/O errors - Lemmy.world

I have an SSD from a PC I no longer use. I need to keep a copy of all its data for backup purposes. The problem is that dd reports "Input/output error"s when copying from the drive. There seem to be 20-30 of them in the entire 240GB drive so it is likely that most or all of my data is still intact. What I’m concerned about is whether these input/output errors can cause issues in the image outside of the particular bad blocks. How does dd handle these errors? Will they be eg zeroed in the output or will the simply be missing? If they are simply missing will the filesystem be corrupted because the location of data has been shifted? If so, what tool should I be using to save what can be saved?