On Sat, Jan 9, 2021 at 11:55 AM Chris Murphy <lists@colorremedies.com> wrote:
>
> 1. If you don't have a backup of important data, you should first use
> 'btrfs restore' as I've described in previous emails. The fsck should
> fix the problem, but there is a chance it makes things worse. No fsck
> is guaranteed safe, because it's making changes to the file system.
>
Let me know if it makes more sense to use ddrescue instead of `btrfs restore`.
It's up to you. Both methods make a copy. Thats whats important.
ddrescue will take longer and needs more space than just pulling out files with btrfs restore. But if you're already familiar with ddrescue, that's an advantage.
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Chris Murphy