Well, I'm not a noted expert on ddrescue, but my limited experience tells me that when it hits bad spots (or a big cluster of them) it can go very slowly as it tries multiple times to read each sector (or track, I'm not sure which, in this case). It keeps a list of bad spots and goes back at the end to try again to read something from them. Of course, if you've had, eg. a head crash, there's probably nothing there to read. On Sat, Sep 26, 2020 at 1:41 PM Jerry Geis <jerry.geis at gmail.com> wrote: > Hello > > I did try the "dd conv=noerror …" > The ddrescue - doesnt stop - it just doesnt "continue" past a certain > point. Somewhere around the 117G mark - it just doesnt go past that . > (same with dd, gets to 117G and just doesnt continue. > I have let the dd run all night - did not go past the 117G. > > Thanks for any suggestions. > > Jerry > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >