Question ST4000VNZ08 Controller board - no response

[Bart56]

Cloning is preferable via SATA. If you try to clone via USB, the USB-SATA bridge will interfere with the error recovery process when a bad sector is encountered.

HDDSuperClone comes with a GUI and a Live CD. This should make it easier for first-time Linux users. Windows is unsuitable for cloning bad drives, either via SATA or USB, for the same reason as USB bridges.

OpenSuperClone is the latest fork of the HDDSuperClone project.

Unfoortunately, the closest thing I have to a linux box is my Raspberry Pi's (a 3B and 4B). So if I understand you correctly, I can take one of my Windows notebooks and boot the HDDSuperClone Live CD and run it without doing any harm to the on-board notebook HDD - Right?

I just tried to use one of those SATA cloning adapters, but it failed in about a minute or less. The instructions did warn me that the disks can't have any bad sectors or it will fail. So my next attempt will have to be the Live CD (or DVD because there are two .iso files in https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11dKg1aioRwaGPtmyY2K2IxOfJEGxrmKd.

One is xubuntu-14.04.5-desktop-hddlive.2022_07_24.x86.943M.iso for 32-bit? And the other is
xubuntu-18.04.5-desktop-hddlive.2022_07_24.x64.1.5G.iso.
If I can use this .iso after burning to DVD and it won't harm my Windows disk on that computer, that is my next step. But I may need to find another SATA adapter first. They would both be USB if I use the laptop as these drives are 3.5" so maybe I shouldn't even try with the USB.

 

[Bart56]

That was odd - I posted a reply yesterday but I don't see it here.
It had to do with the live CD found here
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11dKg1aioRwaGPtmyY2K2IxOfJEGxrmKd

I'm thinking the 64 bit version will work on my 64-bit laptop but I only can use the USB ports because they are 3.5" drives. But your warning tells me it will prbably fail because of the USB connection.

I did ttry the physical clone on the 2 bay USB to SATA adapter but it failed in less than a minute. So I guess my only option is to find a SATA capable desktop with a bootable DVD to try HDDSuperClone.
Do I have that right?

Thanks

UPDATE: As soon as I posted this, my post from yesterday was displayed too.