


Filesystem images can be mounted using the mount -o loop syntax. sudo apt-get install gddrescue - To install ddrescue onto the live CD instance of Kubuntu your running (I never knew you could do this on a virtual system) Plug in USB to SATA external drive.Unfortunately this isn't possible on most Macs, so I usually end up running ddrescue under Linux on a PC.On the other hand "Parted Magic" will boot most times.
