<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>The Photonsphere wrote</title><author_name>The Photonsphere (npub16z…tx27e)</author_name><author_url>https://yabu.me/npub16z48fnv45ega854tf7cckk87wx6y04udgrud63h3mwhd2cpaxhxsftx27e</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://yabu.me</provider_url><html>I&#39;m contemplating using the dd command below to rejuvenate data – &#39;bit rot&#39; – on my hard drive (the drive is *not* mounted):&#xA;&#xA;dd if=/dev/sdX of=/dev/sdX bs=128M conv=sync status=progress&#xA;&#xA;I&#39;m wondering whether I really need a backup? (what would happen if e.g. the process gets interrupted?)&#xA;&#xA;#Linux #Debian</html></oembed>