How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to adying old HDD in Linux?

Ah. I should open it up after I am done with it. Will I see able to
see it?

Yeah, I'd certainly have a look if it was mine.

or is very tiny like microscopic sized?

Nar, you should see gouged up full circles
on the media, where the head has crashed.

Might not tho if the head has just failed
electrically tho and can't read very well
anymore, but if that was the case you
wouldn???t see all the bads grouped together
as you do see in your previous much bigger
post of the error detail.

Since I am going to toss it soon, I wonder if I can still Dban it to erase
all my data.

You can certainly Dban it but that won't erase
all your data with the offline uncorrectable
sectors or the reallocated sectors either.

Hmm, so not worth it secure deleting then? Hmm.


But those are much harder for anyone who
has the drive to get any data out of too.

Even with those disk recovery companies, governments, etc.? I'd assume
they can.
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Ah. I should open it up after I am done with it. Will I see able to
see it?

Yeah, I'd certainly have a look if it was mine.

or is very tiny like microscopic sized?

Nar, you should see gouged up full circles
on the media, where the head has crashed.

Might not tho if the head has just failed
electrically tho and can't read very well
anymore, but if that was the case you
wouldn???t see all the bads grouped together
as you do see in your previous much bigger
post of the error detail.

Since I am going to toss it soon, I wonder if I can still Dban it to
erase
all my data.

You can certainly Dban it but that won't erase
all your data with the offline uncorrectable
sectors or the reallocated sectors either.

Hmm, so not worth it secure deleting then? Hmm.

It will securely delete the sectors that are not
offline uncorrectable or reallocated away from.

But those are much harder for anyone who
has the drive to get any data out of too.

Even with those disk recovery companies,
governments, etc.? I'd assume they can.

Not if the media has been gouged off and
that is the reason why the sector is offline
uncorrectable.

Ah. I should open it up after I am done with it. Will I see able to
see it?

Yeah, I'd certainly have a look if it was mine.

or is very tiny like microscopic sized?

Nar, you should see gouged up full circles
on the media, where the head has crashed.

Might not tho if the head has just failed
electrically tho and can't read very well
anymore, but if that was the case you
wouldn???t see all the bads grouped together
as you do see in your previous much bigger
post of the error detail.

Since I am going to toss it soon, I wonder if I can still Dban it to
erase
all my data.

You can certainly Dban it but that won't erase
all your data with the offline uncorrectable
sectors or the reallocated sectors either.

Hmm, so not worth it secure deleting then? Hmm.

It will securely delete the sectors that are not
offline uncorrectable or reallocated away from.

Ah, so it will be super slow like ddrescue. :/


But those are much harder for anyone who
has the drive to get any data out of too.

Even with those disk recovery companies,
governments, etc.? I'd assume they can.

Not if the media has been gouged off and
that is the reason why the sector is offline
uncorrectable.

Interesting. I always thought they had fancy ways to recover from these
issues.
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Ah. I should open it up after I am done with it. Will I see able
to
see it?

Yeah, I'd certainly have a look if it was mine.

or is very tiny like microscopic sized?

Nar, you should see gouged up full circles
on the media, where the head has crashed.

Might not tho if the head has just failed
electrically tho and can't read very well
anymore, but if that was the case you
wouldn???t see all the bads grouped together
as you do see in your previous much bigger
post of the error detail.

Since I am going to toss it soon, I wonder if I can still Dban it to
erase
all my data.

You can certainly Dban it but that won't erase
all your data with the offline uncorrectable
sectors or the reallocated sectors either.

Hmm, so not worth it secure deleting then? Hmm.

It will securely delete the sectors that are not
offline uncorrectable or reallocated away from.

Ah, so it will be super slow like ddrescue. :/

The speed is determined by how many retrys
it trys before it gives up on a particular sector.

But those are much harder for anyone who
has the drive to get any data out of too.

Even with those disk recovery companies,
governments, etc.? I'd assume they can.

Not if the media has been gouged off and
that is the reason why the sector is offline
uncorrectable.

Interesting. I always thought they had
fancy ways to recover from these issues.

Nar, they don’t. If they did you'd see some criminals
convicted on the data they recovered, and you don’t.