Thursday, May 14, 2009

Hard Drive Errors in Linux

Linux is the most accepted and widely used computer operating system that can work on both desktop and server computers. Several organizations consider Linux as the most reliable and stable operating system and store a vast amount of data on the Linux based systems. In Linux there is a wide range of storage of data ranging from applications to text files and partitioned using either Ext2, Ext3 or ReiserFS file system.

Linux file systems use physical journaling and provide better scalability as compared to other computer operating systems. But no operating system or computer is completely fool proof and the errors can occur in Linux systems also. Sometimes, you may find it difficult to access data from the Linux systems and may get some sort of hard drive related errors when you use fsck command.

You may get the error messages stating:

“/dev/hda3: Super block last mount time is in the future”

Or

“/dev/hda3: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY”

You may find these error messages every time when you try to boot your system to try to open any Linux hard drive volume. After these error messages, you can’t access the data stored on particular volume. These error messages can occur due to the file system errors or volume corruption.

File system errors or volume corruption could be the result of virus attack, unexpected system shutdown, operating system malfunction and many others. No matter what is the reason of the trouble, it is very important to save your data. The data stored on your hard drive is at stake of loss and you need to use some solutions as quickly as possible to save it.

It is very important to recover your data for smooth running of your production. Data recovery in such situation can be carried out using data recovery software known as Linux recovery software. These software are fairly easy to use and the data recovery Linux can be done by user itself without having any sound technical knowledge.

0 comments: