Wouldn't it be much quicker to use rsync to copy the actual files once you have restored the MBR and recreated the filesystem? Assuming your source is /dev/sdc and your destination is /dev/sdd: sudo dd if=/dev/sdc of=/dev/sdd bs=512 count=1 eject and plug /dev/sdd back in sudo mkfs.vfat -F 16 /dev/s...