Hello,
My external HDD may be faulty, I put S.M.A.R.T (did by linux mint and through smartctl) .
While I connect my hard , the system freezes and windows can't open any of my 4 partitions and I received a format error before using and some I/O error )
NOTE: While I touch my HDD I feel spinning and no abnormal or suspicious sound. LED blinking.
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While searching through forums, I have come across many debates and sometimes controversial comments regarding the use of either HDD Super Clone: https://www.hddsuperclone.com/
(or its fork Open Super Clone:https://sourceforge.net/projects/opensu ... o/download )
or
GNU ddrescue : https://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/
I have compiled several key points for both tools and will present them here. First, I will share the results of the S.M.A.R.T. analysis(did with Linux Mint). Based on these results, which tool is more suitable and appropriate for my situation? Which one is more effective for cloning my external hard disk?
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I did lsblk -l and faulty external HDD was sdc
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--------Output from -i command-------------
smartctl 7.4 2023-08-01 r5530 [x86_64-linux-6.8.0-38-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-23, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family: Western Digital Elements / My Passport (USB, AF)
Device Model: ****************
Serial Number: ****************
LU WWN Device Id: ****************
Firmware Version: 01.01A01
User Capacity: 1,000,204,886,016 bytes [1.00 TB]
Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate: 5200 rpm
Device is: In smartctl database 7.3/5528
ATA Version is: ATA8-ACS (minor revision not indicated)
SATA Version is: SATA 2.6, 3.0 Gb/s
Local Time is: Mon Nov 11 15:37:36 2024 UTC
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
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-------------Output from -H command-------------
smartctl 7.4 2023-08-01 r5530 [x86_64-linux-6.8.0-38-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-23, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART Status not supported: Incomplete response, ATA output registers missing
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
Warning: This result is based on an Attribute check.
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--------------Output from -a command--------------
smartctl 7.4 2023-08-01 r5530 [x86_64-linux-6.8.0-38-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-23, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family: Western Digital Elements / My Passport (USB, AF)
Device Model: ************
Serial Number: ************
LU WWN Device Id: ************
Firmware Version: 01.01A01
User Capacity: 1,000,204,886,016 bytes [1.00 TB]
Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate: 5200 rpm
Device is: In smartctl database 7.3/5528
ATA Version is: ATA8-ACS (minor revision not indicated)
SATA Version is: SATA 2.6, 3.0 Gb/s
Local Time is: Mon Nov 11 15:38:27 2024 UTC
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART Status not supported: Incomplete response, ATA output registers missing
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
Warning: This result is based on an Attribute check.
General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status: (0x00) Offline data collection activity
was never started.
Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
Self-test execution status: ( 241) Self-test routine in progress...
10% of test remaining.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection: (25260) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
Suspend Offline collection upon new
command.
Offline surface scan supported.
Self-test supported.
Conveyance Self-test supported.
Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering
power-saving mode.
Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported.
General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 246) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 5) minutes.
SCT capabilities: (0x7035) SCT Status supported.
SCT Feature Control supported.
SCT Data Table supported.
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
No self-tests have been logged. [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t]
SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
1 0 0 Not_testing
2 0 0 Not_testing
3 0 0 Not_testing
4 0 0 Not_testing
5 0 0 Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.
The above only provides legacy SMART information - try 'smartctl -x' for more
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I can't upload images , I put the images' link.
S.M.A.R.T out put is not clearly shown.