How to Fix-Repair-Recover Disk on Linux Mint 18.1 Serena 32-64bit Easy Guide

Linux Mint 18.1 Serena Try Fixing Disk Errors

Hello Mint User! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Repair/Recover/Fix Disk from Errors Even if No more Bootable on Linux Mint 18.1 Serena LTS i386/amd64 GNU Mate/Cinnamon/Xfce/KDE Desktop.

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

1. Boot System with Mint or other Linux Live Media
   How to Create a Live Linux Mint Media

   Burning Linux Mint ISO

   Mint Live CD/DVD Creation.

2. Open a Shell Terminal emulator window
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

   

3. Find the Volume to Fix
   (LVM or Ordinary Partition)
   So first install Lvm2 Tool:

   sudo apt-get install lvm2

   So now Execute a Disk Scan to Find out existing Partitions:

   lvmdiskscan

   In the Output you should be able to Recognize your Device…
   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo






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 Linux Mint.