Sunday, March 28, 2010

How to rectify ext2 file system error in linux

Linux is most widely used open source OS, it offers enormous security features. By using dual Boot the Linux Os can be installed in a system using Windows OS. This (dual boot) allows you to use features of both Linux and Windows OS. The boot loader enables you to select any of these OS to boot from. However, this behavior may sometimes cause damage to the Linux volume. This behavior leads to serious data loss situations and Data Recovery Linux are required to get your precious data back.

In a dual-boot system, you can access data from your Linux hard disk, even if you have used Windows OS to boot the system. To access data, you need to mount the Linux volume. But in some situations, the mounting process can not be completed and the following error messages are displayed :

“mount: wrong file system type, bad option, bad superblock, or too many mounted file systems”

Or

“can’t find ext2 File System on dev ide1 (22, 65)”

When these errors are displayed then in that conditions your access is denied and you can not access data from the Linux hard drive partitions. If you try to boot the system using Linux operating system, it fails to boot up. It causes data loss and need Linux data recovery software to get your valuable data back.

This issue occurs due to corruption in the Ext2 file system of your Linux. The file system or Linux hard disk might be damaged due to numerous reasons such as improper mounting of the hard drive,virus infection,improper system shutdown, operating system malfunction and power surge

You can solve this problem by restoring lost data from the backup. If you do not have backup or its not updated, Linux data Recovery softwares is required to handle the situation. The data recovery can be done with the help of third-party Ext2 Recovery applications. The tools use powerful scanning algorithms for in-depth scanning of the hard disk and extracting lost data from it. You can easily recover lost data using these programs even if you do not have prior technical skills as they have simple graphical user interface.

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