ddrescue backup

ddrescu with some 'live-cd' (e.g. 'INSERT')
Hdd to rescue/backup is in USB-Drawer (e.g. 'sdb').
Where to backup (e.g. ntfs 'hdd2/bkup/')

Mount 'where to backup' :

• ntfs-3g /dev/hdd2 /mnt/hdd2

Copy-paste sdb-part.-table to some text-file (e.g. 'p.table.txt') :

• fdisk /dev/sdb
  
• p (to 'print' the table)
• copy, paste and save to '/mnt/hdd2/bkup/p.table.txt'

MBR backup :

• dd if=/dev/sdb of=/mnt/hdd2/bkup/mbr.img count=1 bs=512

Partitions backup (not a whole disk) :

• ddrescue /dev/sdb1 /mnt/hdd2/bkup/sdb_1.img
• ddrescue /dev/sdb2 /mnt/hdd2/bkup/sdb_2.img
• ddrescue /dev/sdb3 /mnt/hdd2/bkup/sdb_3.img

If it's to big :

• ddrescue /dev/sdb1 | gzip -9 > /hdd2/bkup/sdb_1.img.gz

Check it :

• mkdir /mnt/1
• losetup /dev/loop3 /mnt/hdd2/bkup/sdb_1.img
• fsck /dev/loop3 (? not sure)
  
• mount -t ext3 /dev/loop3 /mnt/1/
  
• umount /dev/loop3
• losetup -d /dev/loop3