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Is it possible to recover data from an SD card?
If you're looking to recover data from an SD card. Speaking from my own experience, I ran into a few bumps along the way. If you're not super comfy with command line tools, ddrescue can be a bit intimidating. I remember staring at the terminal trying to remember all the commands. especially if you're used to user-friendly interfaces. It took me a bit of trial and error to finally get it right.
As i know ddrescue is great for recovering data. But it doesn't have a flashy user interface to help you see what you're doing. So, you're kinda operating in the dark compared to some GUI-based recovery tools that give you a nice visual of what you can recover.
while it does a solid job of recovering data from damaged cards, it's not a magic wand that guarantees you'll retrieve everything. Depending on the extent of the damage, there might still be portions of your data that are unrecoverable. I was lucky with my experience, but I've heard stories of people who just couldn't get everything back, and that's frustrating.