Linux Mint 18.2 Recovery
Hello Mint User! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step Recovery Linux Mint 18.2 Sonya LTS i386/amd64 Mate/Cinnamon/KDE/Xfce Broken System.
Especially relevant: the Linux Mint Recovery procedure is Working also in Case of an “input/output”, “fatal error” and error (2) Issues!
And this an Ultimate Procedure to follow for successfully Recovering your Linux Mint system from a severe Issue.

As First-Aid Try a Simple Reparation of Linux Mint 18.2 Sonya.
Open a Shell Terminal emulator window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
- And Execute the Commands:
sudo su -c "apt-get update"
sudo su -c "dpkg --configure -a"
sudo su -c "apt-get -f install"
Then you have to Make Sure that the Hard Drive isn’t Corrupted
But if Mint Non Bootable then Go to Next Step!- Make sure that All the Drives on /etc/fstab are Connected
- Reboot Linux Mint
- On Grub Boot Splash Screen Select “Advanced Options”
- Then “Boot in Recovery Mode“
- Select “Repair Broken Packages“
- Look at the Output of the Drivers Check-Up Containing “blocks”
If No Errors are Shown then your Hard Drive should be still Healty… - If the Issue is still Not Solved then Look to the Next Step
How to Fix Disk Errors Even if Mint Non Bootable
How to Manually Repair an Linux Mint Broken System
The Linked Guide shows you Step-by-Step How to Manually Recovering an Linux Mint 18.2 Sonya LTS with Broken Packages.