http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=systemrescue
You should not work on the file system on a mounted partition or drive.
SystemRescueCD is a Live CD that has many recovery tools and because it is
Live it allows you to work on unmounted partitions.
Hard boots can result in damage to the disk drive and destroy data. They are
not advised. However, if you had no choice then it is sometimes your only
option. If the keyboard is not locked up then you can use
RtAlt.+SysReq+REISUB (reboot) or REISUO (shutdown) and this results in a
clean exit quickly.
Roy
On 8 July 2010 11:06, Yvette Davis <atlanteanproductions@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hi everyone, I've been using Mint and Ubuntu for a couple years,and can do
> pretty much everything I need to though GUI. I haven't played with the
> command prompt very much, mostly because of time limitations.
>
> Here's my problem: yesterday I was working on a writing project on my Mint
> partition (updated that morning) and my whole system just froze. Nothing
> responded, eventually I had to reboot (hard reboot... pushed the off
> button)
>
> The computer made it to the OS selector menu (partitioned hard drive. Mint
> on one partition, Ubuntu on the other). I selected Mint and got the
> following error message:
>
> *Error mounting: mount: wrong
> fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda6,
> missing codepage or helper program, or other error
> In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
> dmesg | tail or so*
>
> I've tried loading the most current version of Mint, and the back up
> versions available on my OS choice menu, and I get the same error message
> each time.
>
> I've tried accessing the Mint partition from the Ubuntu side, and again..
> get the same error message. I've tried running diagnostics on the Mint
> drive
> from the Ubuntu partition, but it simply can not mount the Mint partition..
> same error message.
>
> The computer has been working fine up until now.. no slow spots, no
> glitches, no noises, no indications that the hd may be going. It simply
> stopped working.
>
> I shut down my laptop (BTW, it's a Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop) over night.
> This morning, when I booted it up the menu where you choose which OS to use
> was gone. It booted straight into Ubuntu. I can still see the Mint
> partition, but still can't get to it.
>
> This hard drive is less than a year old, and has been partitioned with Mint
> and Ubuntu since I installed this hard drive.
>
> Can anybody help me recover my Mint partition? Is it even possible to
> recover it at this point? And if the Mint can't be recovered, how do I go
> about installing a different OS on that partition if I can't get to it from
> Ubuntu? If Mint is toast, I'd like to put a less GIU based Linux Distro on
> that partition so that I force myself to take the time to learn command
> prompt and more advanced Linux.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help and suggestions!!
>
> Yvette
>
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>
>
>
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