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From: john <john4lists@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: emergency recovery
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:08:37 -0400
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To: Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe <Mario.Holbe@TU-Ilmenau.DE>
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Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe wrote:
> jeff sacksteder <jsacksteder@gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> It is essential that I not make this worse than it is. Is the
>>     
>
> Well, this in mind the first thing you should do is taking raw images
> from all the component drives before even thinking about any kind of
> recovery. Just to make sure you have more than one try when something
> goes wrong.
>
>
> regards
>    Mario
>   
I have the same problem. Regarding raw images, I have one drive that has 
a periodic clicking and the other is fine (but stale by 1 event).
What's the best way to make a raw image of a temperamental drive?  I 
have an exact duplicate that I could image to.

thanks. 
john.