From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0C1B1138334 for ; Sat, 15 Dec 2018 23:33:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 83C59E0957; Sat, 15 Dec 2018 23:33:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qt1-f171.google.com (mail-qt1-f171.google.com [209.85.160.171]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0BCE9E0907 for ; Sat, 15 Dec 2018 23:33:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qt1-f171.google.com with SMTP id t33so7655879qtt.4 for ; Sat, 15 Dec 2018 15:33:37 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:subject:to:message-id:mime-version :content-disposition:content-transfer-encoding; bh=fDCurI8FH/ORzQdFl1r99lsH32CiWA8doDn973ckY0c=; b=lVzZjhAZMx/oTLfESAYIdYfZvTMVupKAowTR5LLwS7mWP9VWHmEdd+s7GDGyhr+oM0 AgwZcwQPxDtWqcsZ4ynZBsBCsqnFcxr9mVyYrsn6aHyqjhIBh/2AB9V2EcymWM7rC+3O BG+lToUN1LRn8TiPguWJ70PlXMLSMUc6dNLkSDFmu34Ie4vAFjoffD/WsP693OpzdmM6 xw/pqfdtL2mN4FOwZV24mqeGp3vW1NS8zxtgN+iqsf8nVCWX0irBREy/9h/JyQ5/n/dB ahkRi75GuTk9fySU4zRH38qg0QcMlplwVPO6ht4FO5aJMREqczuJf1WvCoguLuuS/gt3 gF9w== X-Gm-Message-State: AA+aEWZYa3Faj9rJrqbjjZGzkm7Eulv1s6pVIdC8m1m1d84VkYADK1GR BvPHIhSmSoNwKXF+Fbw9Q8JoklKlcT0= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AFSGD/VARwmPfD6QMoomZvYUQH2PitlD2nNPjEs2aCJ3cK33O6Q+kKktl9WFqUWvwFEqbp4LYEVOcw== X-Received: by 2002:a0c:d232:: with SMTP id m47mr8307203qvh.43.1544916817069; Sat, 15 Dec 2018 15:33:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from ffortso4 ([2601:188:180:4f46:1ec1:deff:fe62:b72f]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id s36sm6734178qth.17.2018.12.15.15.33.36 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Sat, 15 Dec 2018 15:33:36 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2018 18:33:35 -0500 From: Jack Subject: [gentoo-user] data recovery advice needed To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Mailer: Balsa 2.5.6-100-g6ab7b680e Message-Id: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; DelSp=Yes; Format=Flowed Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: e2bb453e-c77c-4161-8e42-ebb32de26b3d X-Archives-Hash: d704712d5f9481117d7de3785060dd6c Some months ago, I borked a laptop HDD by trying to move a partition in =20 a way that left both the old and new partitions invalid. (For my =20 sanity, I've forced the details out of my memory, but the old and new =20 locations overlapped, and I think the move might have been =20 interrupted. My own fault, I know.) In addition, the drive started =20 having read errors, so it was time to replace it anyway. So, I removed that HDD for safekeeping (completely reinstalled the =20 laptop on a new drive) and now I'm trying to recover data from an =20 intact partition on the old drive, the problem being that the drive is =20 giving some read errors, so I want to minimize access, lest it die =20 completely. I have the drive attached with a SATA to USB adaptor, and =20 mounted the partition. I made the mistake of trying to copy one =20 directory (and everything below it) with "cp -r /path/to/mounted/folder =20 /path/to/new/location". As far as I can tell, all the files got copied =20 (slowly) but all the new files have the timestamp of when they were =20 created. I know I should have done a "cp -ar" to preserve timestamps. =20 Is there any way to fix this other than completely repeating the copy? =20 Will some version of rsync do what I want? Thanks for any suggestions, other than to think more carefully before =20 typing. Jack=