On Fri, 23 Jun 2017 22:26:40 GMT "avengethecathars" <avengethecath...@juno.com> wrote:
> Cancel that. I found a fix. Thanks to veryone who offered help. (I > needed to do approx. fsck /dev and then the name of the bad > (inconsistent) sector, and then a huge bunch of fix (y/n) yes's. )P. As soon as humanly possible, do a complete set of smartctl tests on all this laptop's drives. One of many explanations for a bunch of bad sectors is a hard drive beginning to go bad. If you find out the drive is bad, use System Rescue CD to copy off all your data from any bad drives. SteveT Steve Litt June 2017 featured book: The Key to Everyday Excellence http://www.troubleshooters.com/key -- xubuntu-users mailing list xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users