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9 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/hard-disk.84467/

Vivek788
Vivek788 Original post #1
Apr 5, 2008 at 7:58 AM
Log of fsck -C -R -A -a
Fri Apr 4 23:53:11 2008

fsck 1.40.2 (12-Jul-2007)
dosfsck 2.11, 12 Mar 2005, FAT32, LFN
/dev/hdb2: 40974 files, 1350804/1769067 clusters
dosfsck 2.11, 12 Mar 2005, FAT32, LFN
There are differences between boot sector and its backup.
Differences: (offset:eek:riginal/backup)
71:20/00, 72:20/00, 73:20/00, 74:20/00, 75:20/00, 76:20/00, 77:20/00
, 78:20/00, 79:20/00, 80:20/00, 81:20/00
Not automatically fixing this.
/dev/sda6: 83185 files, 733750/1146608 clusters
dosfsck 2.11, 12 Mar 2005, FAT32, LFN
There are differences between boot sector and its backup.
Differences: (offset:eek:riginal/backup)
71:20/00, 72:20/00, 73:20/00, 74:20/00, 75:20/00, 76:20/00, 77:20/00
, 78:20/00, 79:20/00, 80:20/00, 81:20/00
Not automatically fixing this.
/dev/sda7: 338 files, 1706643/1965723 clusters
dosfsck 2.11, 12 Mar 2005, FAT32, LFN
There are differences between boot sector and its backup.
Differences: (offset:eek:riginal/backup)
71:20/00, 72:20/00, 73:20/00, 74:20/00, 75:20/00, 76:20/00, 77:20/00
, 78:20/00, 79:20/00, 80:20/00, 81:20/00
Not automatically fixing this.
/dev/sda8: 6012 files, 965708/1310482 clusters
dosfsck 2.11, 12 Mar 2005, FAT32, LFN
/dev/sda9: 4289 files, 1926562/1964991 clusters

Fri Apr 4 23:53:51 2008
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This is the content of my /var/log/fsck/checkfs

I get this error while booting...should I do dos-fsck on my partitions..will data loss occur?
M
mehulved #2
Apr 5, 2008 at 9:06 AM
No, am getting that error on my sister's PC too. I am not bothering to open windows and run fsck on it. Haven't had any problems yet.
Vivek788
Vivek788 #3
Apr 7, 2008 at 2:34 PM
windows??
fsck has fsck.vfat na?
I can do from linux na...and there is no problem..but knowing that there are some errors..won't it better if I try to fix it...?
Faun
Faun #4
Apr 7, 2008 at 2:50 PM
u cant for ntfs
Vivek788
Vivek788 #5
Apr 30, 2008 at 3:04 PM
more problems with same hard disk..so posting in same thread..donno if i shud post it in hardware troubleshooting.

2 days back i accidently kicked my cpu hard while trying to power off the ups.
From the next day,the samsung PATA hard disk which has my bootloader didnt get detected,after 2-3 times tightening the connections,i got it to work and all worked well.
But now the partitions in that hard disk is accessible only from my Ubuntu.Its listed in windows,but properties show nothing.
Also if I double click,they say it is not format,do you want to.
When this kinda error occured last time,I had to replace the hard disk.
What should I do?
If its a h/w issue,why does Linux have no prob with it?
M
mehulved #6
Apr 30, 2008 at 3:20 PM
Try smartmontools. This might help *gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Monitor_your_hard_disk(s)_with_smartmontools
Vivek788
Vivek788 #7
Apr 30, 2008 at 7:40 PM
Hm...this is from linux side na?
Wat abt from windows...coz the problem is from tat side.
M
mehulved #8
Apr 30, 2008 at 9:47 PM
It will tell you if it's a hardware problem or not. If it's not a problem with hard disk, then you can prolly try in Software Troubleshooting section.
Vivek788
Vivek788 #9
May 10, 2008 at 5:19 AM
no hardware issues...tests passed.