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Instructions for Fixing a Linux System that won't boot right
  1. If, during boot up, your system says "File system was not un/mounted properly, running fsck to fix errors" MOST of the time, it will fix them just fine.
  2. If it fails, you will see a message saying that either the root filesystem "/" or /home failed to be fixed, and either enter the root password to fix or ctrl-D to continue.
  3. Enter the root password to continue.
  4. If the root filesystem failed, type fsck /dev/hdd1 on the command line, then say "y" to everything it asks.
  5. if the /home or other filesystems died, type fsck /dev/hdd# on the command line, (Where # is the number of the partition it was written on) then say "y" to everything it asks
  6. When done, hit ctrl-D to reboot the system
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