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 Post subject: HDD Raw Copy Tool - file
PostPosted: May 2nd, 2018, 13:08 
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Hello. I'm new on the forum. I've searched about this topic but haven't found what I need. Apologies if the answer is already out there.

I'm using "HDD Raw Copy Tool" to create a raw image of my drive.
After choosing source and the target, the tool warns that this action will overwrite everything on the target drive. I was expecting the creation of an image file, so I don't understand why it is going to replace the existing data. Am I missing something?

Any help will be much appreciated!


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 Post subject: Re: HDD Raw Copy Tool - file
PostPosted: May 2nd, 2018, 13:20 
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If you chose "Target" drive, it will clone your drive to that other drive.

I do not know if hddrct will create an image to a file. For that you can use clonezilla, or even ddrescue/hddsuperclone.


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 Post subject: Re: HDD Raw Copy Tool - file
PostPosted: May 2nd, 2018, 13:32 
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rogfanther wrote:
If you chose "Target" drive, it will clone your drive to that other drive.

I do not know if hddrct will create an image to a file. For that you can use clonezilla, or even ddrescue/hddsuperclone.


Thank you for your reply!
The tool webpage says "HDD Raw Copy Tool is a utility for low-level, sector-by-sector hard disk duplication and image creation. " and "HDD Raw Copy can create an exact raw (dd) or compressed image of the entire media (including service data such as MBR, Boot records, etc)", so it should. But indeed I didn't see any option to create an image file.

My problem with other softwares is that they don't state if their image is a bit-by-bit copy. They can copy everything if the disk is working ok, but if it's not, they will disregard the data that they can't reach. My disk has the partition table damaged, that's why I need the exact, bit-by-bit copy. And I think that's what this tool does, correct?


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 Post subject: Re: HDD Raw Copy Tool - file
PostPosted: May 2nd, 2018, 13:36 
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Ok, I think I got it:
When choosing the target, if instead of choosing the disk I use the 'File' option, type a name for the file, it will create a .imgc file and the warning of overwriting data does not appear.


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 Post subject: Re: HDD Raw Copy Tool - file
PostPosted: May 2nd, 2018, 16:34 
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Spildit wrote:
Make sure that your image file is in exact raw (byte-by-byte copy) and it's not compressed with it's own propriatary format otherwise you will not be able to use logic data recovery software like r-studio on the image file.

And if the HDD is damaged / have bad sectors you will be better off with HDDSuperClone ...

Regards and good luck !


Thank you for your answer! But I didnt completely understand it...could you explain further?
How can I make sure the image is not compressed? The software either does it or not...
What is "logic data recovery"? (couldn't find anything on google)

About the bad sectors issue...my drive is an ssd and it is not physically damaged.


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 Post subject: Re: HDD Raw Copy Tool - file
PostPosted: May 4th, 2018, 7:39 
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(I though I had posted this answer before, but apparantly not...)

Thank you Spildit for your help. About the use of other softwares, I had found other ones at first, including ddrescue. I ended up not using them because I couldn't either understand how to use them or I wasn't sure what kind of image they did (weather sector-by-sector or not).

About the use of HDD Raw Tool, I created the image file. It is 219 GB, while the disk is 256 GB, so I'm assuming it is compressed? I would like to know from someone that uses this specific tool.
Also, do I lose any information (not necessarely data) of the disk by the compression?


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 Post subject: Re: HDD Raw Copy Tool - file
PostPosted: May 4th, 2018, 8:18 
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I also haven't found anything about restoring the image file created by "HDD Raw Copy Tool".
Is it by selecting the image as 'source' and an empty drive as destination? Or do I need another HDDGuru tool?


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 Post subject: Re: HDD Raw Copy Tool - file
PostPosted: January 29th, 2019, 13:01 
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i know this topic is old,but i also need advice as a beginner...

i also use HDD Raw copy tool

I have 1 damaged HDD( I:) and 1 new and empty HDD(X:)
i want to copy all the files from the damaged to the new one ( I: -> X:)
first i have the option to choose "SOURCE" and then "TARGET".. but which should i use for the damaged HDD and the empty? i guess i have a logic error in this,but i dont understand ...


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 Post subject: Re: HDD Raw Copy Tool - file
PostPosted: January 29th, 2019, 16:10 
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Spildit wrote:
Damaged should be source and target should be empty disk.

If the disk is damaged and you don't want to pay for professional data recovery services at least use something like hddsuperclone instead ...



ok thanks :)

Sry:only the sectores are kinda damaged, the hdd works,but super slow...should i still use the superclone?
whats the difference to the hdd raw copy tool?


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 Post subject: Re: HDD Raw Copy Tool - file
PostPosted: January 30th, 2019, 4:08 
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You may try more and more tools until your damaged drive die at all:) Slow speed is normal for drives with bad sectors. After it go through bad sectors it will became faster.


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