Mostly, you should just leave this on, because it usually makes it easier to read damaged drives and helps you recover more data. See the section called “Why should I use a mapfile?”. There's are lots of reasons, and it really is very important. If you're interested, you can read more about Cygwin at NOTE: I have an idea for how to improve this, so a future release may more clearly indicate drive letters on Windows. Instead, I have provided a way to determine the Linux device name for each drive letter (the Disk Information Window). Unfortunately, the compatibility layer used, Cygwin, does not support this. I will take this opportunity to say that it isn't very kind of Apple to mark everything that isn't signed with a paid certificate as malware, especially when there are very few extra checks done for signed packages. You can ignore the warning by right-clicking the program and then clicking open. That said, I will be looking into this so a release in the near future may not come with this warning. Sadly, it is expensive to be a member of the Apple Developer Program to get a certificate, especially for sole traders like me. On macOS, I get a message about Apple not being able to verify the program is free from malware. That said, I will be looking into this so a release in the near future may not come with this warning.įor now, the clean bill of health shown by VirusTotal will hopefully alleviate any concerns you may have about malware. Sadly, developer certificates for Windows are very expensive, especially for sole traders like me. On Windows, I get a message about the program not being from a verified publisher.
Yes, you can run DDRescue-GUI on Windows 7 or later. Q: Why not use Windows drive letters? Q: Why do I need to use a mapfile? Q: What is "Direct Disk Access"? Q: Why isn't Direct Disk Access available on Windows? Q: Why is the read backwards option helpful? Q: Can I recover to optical (CD/DVD/Bluray) drives? Q: Can I run more than one instance of DDRescue-GUI at once? Q: Can I restart DDRescue-GUI after aborting my recovery? Q: What preset/settings should I use? Q: MacOS: Where are the /dev/rdisk* devices? Q: Can I use a domain mapfile to speed my recovery up with DDRescue-GUI? Q: Can I use DDRescue-GUI to recover from encrypted volumes? Q: On macOS, I get a message about Apple not being able to verify the program is free from malware. Q: Can I run DDRescue-GUI on Windows? Q: On Windows, I get a message about the program not being from a verified publisher.