Mostly, I got request based on "these disks have my source code, my
dissertation, my accounting spreadsheets, my legal correspondence, . . . "
On Mon, 18 May 2015, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
You can then copy individual
files out from there if really needed.
If your need is for "disk images" instead of files,
and file contents are "if really needed",
then you should most certainly stick with DD.