Re: [Bug-ddrescue] Ddrescue overwrited my filess

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Hello,

Keyser Soze wrote:
> I used Ddrescue and the destination to recovery my files I put a external
> hard disk half used. After the end of process my external hard drive was
> empty, nothing rescued and my old files before there were gone too.

What version of ddrescue did you use and what exact command line did you 
use?

> Is it possible to recovey my overwritten files by Ddrescue?

No if they have been in fact overwritten. It all depends on the command 
used and the size of the data written. See 
http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/manual/ddrescue_manual.html#Important-advice


Best regards,
Antonio.