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ddrescue on Ubuntu: Rescue Data from a Dying Drive

How to use GNU ddrescue on Ubuntu to recover data from failing hard drives and SSDs, with practical strategies for maximising recovery before the drive dies completely.

DDRescue-GUI: A Graphical Frontend for GNU ddrescue on Ubuntu

How to install and use DDRescue-GUI on Ubuntu to recover data from failing drives — covering installation, basic recovery workflows, interpreting the map file, and when to use ddrescue versus other recovery tools.