> res 41/40:40:38:3d:95/91:00:0a:00:00/6a Emask 0x409 (media error) <F> > ata1.00: status: { DRDY ERR } > ata1.00: error: { UNC } Bad sectors > Buffer I/O error on device sda3, logical block 12 > Buffer I/O error on device sda3, logical block 13 Right near the start of the disk. Make a copy of the partition with a recovery tool and write it somewhere (file on another disk whatever) and keep it safe. Make a copy of that and fsck the copy. You may need to use the alternate superblock option on fsck for this. Alan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html