System not running right
Brandon Vincent
Brandon.Vincent at asu.edu
Tue Sep 22 17:06:20 UTC 2015
On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 9:50 AM, Scott Blair <scott.blair at gmail.com> wrote:
> It is my external backup drive. All our pictures, movies, music, software
> and other stuff is on it.
Disconnect that drive and start thinking about backup solutions.
Then, please run (and post the results of):
sudo smartctl -t short /dev/sda
If that test passes, restart the system and hold down the shift key
when Ubuntu starts to load. Choose "Memory test (memtest86+)" and let
it run until the memory test indicates at the bottom of the screen
"Pass complete, no errors". This might take a while.
Journaled filesystems, especially ext4 should never require a fsck. If
they do, it is usually a sign of corruption induced by a failing hard
drive or other computer component.
Brandon Vincent
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