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I have been using Ubuntu 16.04 for a couple of month without any major problems. Last night after working a bit I suspended it and in the morning xampp server that I was working with was not functioning so I rebooted. But then it didn't boot up with

platform wdat_wdt: failed to claim resource 4 ACPI: watchdog: Device creation failed: -16 [Powerplay ] VBIOS did not find boot engine clock value (3 wierd characters) in dependency table. Using memory DPM level 0! /dev/sda6: clean, xxx/xxx files, xxx/xxx blocks

I tried a few guides to no avail and then reinstalled. But the problem still remains!

Furthermore I can boot into system (everything seems to work) if I go to recovery mode and select fcdsk and then after that resume(resume normal boot).

saied Vanguard
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  • Probably you have any problem in your hdd. I suggest you check its health by Gnome-disks. – Redbob Aug 22 '17 at 13:37
  • Do you mean self-test? – saied Vanguard Aug 22 '17 at 13:47
  • Not exactly that. See this: https://askubuntu.com/questions/528072/how-can-i-check-the-smart-status-of-a-ssd-or-hdd-on-current-versions-of-ubuntu-1 – Redbob Aug 22 '17 at 13:52
  • The article also says self-test. – saied Vanguard Aug 22 '17 at 14:05
  • Okay, that's it. What results did you get? I was having problems with my hd that Disks tool was not detecting. It was only a change of the SATA-cable and the problems were gone. – Redbob Aug 22 '17 at 14:55
  • It's at 30% now and the overall assessment is "Disk is ok, 1080 bad sectors". Could that happen with laptops? – saied Vanguard Aug 22 '17 at 14:59
  • You are running xampp in your laptop. It's a service that requires processing and huge I/O oprations. It could happen to laptops, too, since they are not builded to feature such operations. – Redbob Aug 22 '17 at 15:03
  • I wasn't doing much with xampp. Should I worry about bad sectors? Number of uncorrectable bad sectors is zero – saied Vanguard Aug 22 '17 at 15:06
  • Bad sectors is really bad. I saw many people running after workarounds, as Hiren's Boot or other panacea, but the best remedy to bad sectors, frankly, is a newer HD. – Redbob Aug 22 '17 at 15:11
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    +1 for the "(3 weird characters)" it's funny coz I'm looking at them right now like "so, what are these exactly?" – Robin Hood Oct 29 '18 at 12:38

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