Timeline for Is it safe to use a HDD while rsync is running?
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| Feb 2, 2017 at 15:58 | comment | added | Zak | @MichaelKjörling That is a good point. | |
| Feb 2, 2017 at 13:06 | comment | added | user |
If the media is marginal or even potentially marginal, dd is not the best choice. Use ddrescue instead; it handles partial failures much better. But that was not a consideration in the original question.
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| Feb 1, 2017 at 18:21 | history | answered | Zak | CC BY-SA 3.0 |