Command-line tool

ddrescue

brew/ddrescue

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

GNU data recovery tool

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install ddrescue

Linux

brew install ddrescue

Take an image of a device

sudo ddrescue /dev/sdX path/to/image.img

Take an image of a device, creating a log file

sudo ddrescue /dev/sdX path/to/image.img path/to/log.txt

Clone Disk A to Disk B, creating a log file

sudo ddrescue -f -n /dev/sdX /dev/sdY path/to/log.txt

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