How to Fix/Repair/Recover Disk on Zorin OS GNU+Linux Easy Guide

GNU/Linux Zorin OS Fixing Disk Errors Guide

Hi! The tutorial provides a step-by-step guide on repairing, recovering, and fixing Disk Errors even if the system is no longer bootable on Zorin OS GNU/Linux Desktop.

And this Procedure should Easily Fix Errors and Recover your Zorin Drive, but only in Case it’s Not Corrupted.

And this Procedure that make use of the e2fsck Tool is Valid for the ext2/ext3/ext4 File Systems.

1. Boot System with Zorin OS or other Linux Live Media:
   How to Create a Live Zorin OS Media
   Burning Zorin OS ISO

   Zorin Live CD/DVD Creation.
2. Open a Terminal Shell emulator window
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)
   Ctrl+Alt+t on Desktop
   
3. Find the Volume to Fix
   (LVM or Ordinary Partition)
   So first install Lvm2 Tool:

   sudo apt-get install lvm2

   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo
   So now Execute a Disk Scan to Find out existing Partitions:

   lvmdiskscan

   In the Output you should be able to Recognize your Device…

4. Fixing the Partition
   If it’s mounted then first Unmount the Partition with:

   sudo umount /dev/[my-vol]

   Where [my-vol] the Device identifier.
   Finally, Check the File System:

   sudo /sbin/e2fsck -fy /dev/[my-vol]

   Then if Errors are found Repeat again the process until the Disk is Fixed with No more Issue detected.
   If the Disk is Not Corrupted then the Process will Easily Restore the Volume.

5. Reboot into Zorin OS Linux.