dd cloning a Win10 HDD to SSD

[Curt Howland]

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On Tuesday 23 March 2021, Bruce Labitt was heard to say:
> Is there a compelling reason to use ddrescue over dd for this?  Is
> gnu ddrescue the preferred choice of the ddrescues?

Until now I'd never even heard of ddrescue. Reading the gnu page for 
it seems like a good tool for the second try, in case dd ran into 
problems.

At least you'll get the majority of the data off, even if it doesn't 
make a bootable ssd

> Or is this a fool's errand?

It's always worth trying, and if it doesn't work you haven't lost 
anything.

- -- 
You may my glories and my state dispose,
But not my griefs; still am I king of those.
 --- William Shakespeare, "Richard II"

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