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    ddrescue takes DAYS for seriously damaged drives. Did you look at the smart stats on the drive before attempting to recover the data? The exact type of failure may indicate a shorter\longer recovery time. Commented Jul 22, 2014 at 18:15
  • All I noticed was Windows had a problem mounting to show files and even on Linux I would get long delays. Nothing mechanical sounding like clicking. Might just be bad firmware as I remember the drive being pretty brand new. shrug I've done drives before with actual mechanical issues and they cloned faster.
    – Jason
    Commented Jul 22, 2014 at 18:36