Re: [Bug-ddrescue] Particular use case

[Yomi Ogunwumi]

I forgot to mention that I'd be moving the data between the two drives
using ddrescue from a LiveUSB on the desktop.

Yomi
On Sep 17, 2014 12:03 AM, "Yomi Ogunwumi" <address@hidden> wrote:

> I need to copy data from a failing HDD.
> I've got a desktop (which the drive is from) and a laptop (where I'm
> trying to copy the data to.)
>
> I read the manual and noticed that rescuing and specifying a partition (or
> a device in /dev) would overwrite the data there, which is not what I want.
>
> I want to know if there's a way I can still rescue the data, but just
> point the .img to a directory on the laptop drive without overwriting the
> data I already have on the laptop HDD.
>
> Yomi
>