Re: [Bug-ddrescue] Feature request: Zone over heating prevention.

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Centurion Computer Technology (2005) Ltd wrote:
> After having used ddrescue a few times, I have found that in some cases
> that I get better results by killing the process and starting elsewhere
> on the disc, then returning to where the original process left of a bit
> later.  I think this reduces the heat build up from very slow reads on a
> bad area, reducing degradation, and giving overall better results.

What version of ddrescue are you using? 1.7 jumps out of error areas 
faster than previous versions, but perhaps this can be further improved.


regards,
Antonio.