Came here to mention 'ddrescue' as well. It's been invaluable as an intuitive tool to recover data from failing disks/drives. Never thought to use it as a day

Came here to mention 'ddrescue' as well. It's been invaluable as an intuitive tool to recover data from failing disks/drives. Never thought to use it as a day to day dd, but will give that a try. Thanks for the idea!