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I'm contemplating using the dd command below to rejuvenate data – 'bit rot' – on my hard drive (the drive is *not* mounted):
dd if=/dev/sdX of=/dev/sdX bs=128M conv=sync status=progress
I'm wondering whether I really need a backup? (what would happen if e.g. the process gets interrupted?)
#Linux #Debian
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2024-11-11 12:32:49 UTCEvent JSON
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