Mike Easter wrote:
Besides installing ddrescue, you could install testdisk and use it.

If you are averse to using those command lines to install testdisk and
ddrescue, yu can also do it from the menu:

Menu/ Setup section/ Gslapt/

Click the update button to get the manager uptodate. Use the search
field to find testdisk and the Package menu to mark it to install.
There's an icon button on the toolbar to execute. The same thing could
be done graphically for ddrescue. As you can see, it takes quite a few
more words to 'draw a picture' of using a graphical tool than words to
describe using the command line.

Oops. I've been assuming that the Toshiba was 'automatically' connected
to the internet by an ethernet cable; but recently you said something
about your son using it on the battery, so I don't know about its
connectivity or whether you need to get it to connect wirelessly and
whether that will be a problem with your inexperience with fatdog's
connectivity tools. An ethernet will likely connect automatically; a
wifi might need some help.

It is necessary to be connected to install these packages we've mentioned.


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Mike Easter