Rescue option fails when source NTFS has a bad sector

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Rescue option fails when source NTFS has a bad sector

Forum: Open Discussion

Creator: Hugh Sparks

Created: 2026-09-25

Updated: 3 days ago

Hugh Sparks - 2026-09-25

When cloning from an NTFS partition with a bad sector, this error always appears:

Running: partclone.dd -z 10485760 -N --rescue ... partclone.dd: unrecognized option '--rescue'

Using:

clonezilla-live-3.3.3-37-amd64.iso

alternate
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Steven Shiau - 3 days ago

Thanks for your feedback.
Is this partition an encrypted one?
Please boot Clonezilla live 3.3.3-37 and enter command line prompt, then

sudo -i

blkid

lsblk
Please post the results of 2 and 3. Thanks.
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