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(@aandroidtest)
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Hi All,

Is there any acquisition software that have the function to resume acquiring in the event where the previous acquisition was stopped half-way (e.g. Power Failure, Human error etc)?

I have tested with tools like dc3dd and Guymager but currently there are no feature for resuming. Thus if acquisition got cut off, have to do a fresh one again.

Wondering anyone have come across such a feature.

Thanks in Regards


   
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minime2k9
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Re-check on the guymager front, if the device drops out it can usually be resumed by rescanning for disks.
Also DDrescue uses a log file which can be used to restart an acquisition from the point it was at and knows which sectors it hasn't managed to acquire.


   
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(@thefuf)
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dd supports the skip= option, dc3dd supports the iskip= option, both can be used to resume acquisition.


   
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(@aandroidtest)
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Thanks for the tips!!

You can't resume in Guymager. It will delete off the files and start reacquiring from the start.

But in dc3dd it can be done using the iskip option as specified above.


   
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minime2k9
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Depends on why guymager stops. If it looses connection to the device (I think the status turns yellow) then turning the device off and on then rescanning will often resume the imaging.
If you choose to stop imaging then you cannot resume.


   
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(@aandroidtest)
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Yes true in that scenario possible to resume.

But I was testing more in the scenario where there is a power failure during acquistion, then guess have to redo the whole thing again.


   
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