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This is the error. My HDD on my old laptop reported 1000 bad sectors on the HDD. This is the error that I got: enter image description here

How do I fix this error in the future? Thanks Jonathan Steadman. :)

Jon
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  • I'm guessing its from your hard drive, in general I/O error showing there was a hardware problem. – Liso Sep 08 '21 at 16:49
  • @Liso thanks for your comment. I did have issues with the fan and the OS kept on getting corrupted by showing the Busybox error all the time even a new install show the error. – Jon Sep 08 '21 at 16:57
  • That's your sign, better replace it, hopefully you got a backup. – Liso Sep 08 '21 at 16:58
  • @liso it's ok it was only used for non-important data as I have a newer pc for college and home use. Besides, it was 32 bit now it's pretty useless I guess. – Jon Sep 08 '21 at 17:00
  • You can try hook up the disk to your other PC, and launch SMART test to see the verdict. My guess it will show failed sign. – Liso Sep 08 '21 at 17:04
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    I/O errors on drives is not good. You can try reseating the drive, but doubtful that will help. Looks like you have a bad drive. As long as it is readable you can try to backup your data before replacing it. – Terrance Sep 08 '21 at 17:34
  • @terrance thanks for your answer. :) – Jon Sep 08 '21 at 20:45
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    Please note: Lubuntu 18.04 LTS is EOL (https://lubuntu.me/bionic-eol/) as it's a flavor and flavors never extended support from 3 years to 5 (only main Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu Server & Ubuntu Cloud did) Your system also reports it's well behind (year+) on security fixes & patches (otherwise it'd say 18.04.5; refer https://fridge.ubuntu.com/2020/08/14/ubuntu-18-04-5-lts-released/ for date of ISO release, but installed systems upgraded before that date), so I hope your system is off-line. Disk errors are not kernel related - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Smartmontools – guiverc Sep 08 '21 at 22:31
  • Lubuntu's manual page (LTS) for checking health is https://manual.lubuntu.me/lts/3/3.1/3.1.7/kde_partitionmanager.html however it doesn't cover your release as all supported releases use LXQt. Easiest fix is replace the failing drive as already stated – guiverc Sep 08 '21 at 22:36
  • I think this answer: https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/19617/43926 shows that this question is on topic on Ask Ubuntu – C.S.Cameron Sep 09 '21 at 01:50
  • Thanks guys for your answer. – Jon Sep 09 '21 at 07:24

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