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In a recent reboot of Ubuntu, which failed, I get the message to run fsck manually. How do I do so. I may have a bad HD sector, and it may be easier to reinstall Ubuntu. I'm a newbie, so bear with me.










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  • See this, but use your ext4 partition(s) not sdb2 as in example. askubuntu.com/questions/642504/…
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In a recent reboot of Ubuntu, which failed, I get the message to run fsck manually. How do I do so. I may have a bad HD sector, and it may be easier to reinstall Ubuntu. I'm a newbie, so bear with me.










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In a recent reboot of Ubuntu, which failed, I get the message to run fsck manually. How do I do so. I may have a bad HD sector, and it may be easier to reinstall Ubuntu. I'm a newbie, so bear with me.










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  • See this, but use your ext4 partition(s) not sdb2 as in example. askubuntu.com/questions/642504/…
    – oldfred
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  • See this, but use your ext4 partition(s) not sdb2 as in example. askubuntu.com/questions/642504/…
    – oldfred
    Feb 10 at 19:52















See this, but use your ext4 partition(s) not sdb2 as in example. askubuntu.com/questions/642504/…
– oldfred
Feb 10 at 19:52




See this, but use your ext4 partition(s) not sdb2 as in example. askubuntu.com/questions/642504/…
– oldfred
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To check the file system on your Ubuntu partition...



  • boot to the GRUB menu

  • choose Advanced Options

  • choose Recovery mode

  • choose Root access

  • at the # prompt, type sudo fsck -f /

  • repeat the fsck command if there were errors

  • type reboot

If for some reason you can't do the above...



  • boot to a Ubuntu Live DVD/USB

  • start gparted and determine which /dev/sdaX is your Ubuntu EXT4 partition

  • quit gparted

  • open a terminal window

  • type sudo fsck -f /dev/sdaX # replacing X with the number you found earlier

  • repeat the fsck command if there were errors

  • type reboot





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    To check the file system on your Ubuntu partition...



    • boot to the GRUB menu

    • choose Advanced Options

    • choose Recovery mode

    • choose Root access

    • at the # prompt, type sudo fsck -f /

    • repeat the fsck command if there were errors

    • type reboot

    If for some reason you can't do the above...



    • boot to a Ubuntu Live DVD/USB

    • start gparted and determine which /dev/sdaX is your Ubuntu EXT4 partition

    • quit gparted

    • open a terminal window

    • type sudo fsck -f /dev/sdaX # replacing X with the number you found earlier

    • repeat the fsck command if there were errors

    • type reboot





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      To check the file system on your Ubuntu partition...



      • boot to the GRUB menu

      • choose Advanced Options

      • choose Recovery mode

      • choose Root access

      • at the # prompt, type sudo fsck -f /

      • repeat the fsck command if there were errors

      • type reboot

      If for some reason you can't do the above...



      • boot to a Ubuntu Live DVD/USB

      • start gparted and determine which /dev/sdaX is your Ubuntu EXT4 partition

      • quit gparted

      • open a terminal window

      • type sudo fsck -f /dev/sdaX # replacing X with the number you found earlier

      • repeat the fsck command if there were errors

      • type reboot





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        To check the file system on your Ubuntu partition...



        • boot to the GRUB menu

        • choose Advanced Options

        • choose Recovery mode

        • choose Root access

        • at the # prompt, type sudo fsck -f /

        • repeat the fsck command if there were errors

        • type reboot

        If for some reason you can't do the above...



        • boot to a Ubuntu Live DVD/USB

        • start gparted and determine which /dev/sdaX is your Ubuntu EXT4 partition

        • quit gparted

        • open a terminal window

        • type sudo fsck -f /dev/sdaX # replacing X with the number you found earlier

        • repeat the fsck command if there were errors

        • type reboot





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        To check the file system on your Ubuntu partition...



        • boot to the GRUB menu

        • choose Advanced Options

        • choose Recovery mode

        • choose Root access

        • at the # prompt, type sudo fsck -f /

        • repeat the fsck command if there were errors

        • type reboot

        If for some reason you can't do the above...



        • boot to a Ubuntu Live DVD/USB

        • start gparted and determine which /dev/sdaX is your Ubuntu EXT4 partition

        • quit gparted

        • open a terminal window

        • type sudo fsck -f /dev/sdaX # replacing X with the number you found earlier

        • repeat the fsck command if there were errors

        • type reboot






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