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I have a Dell Inspiron network which has both Windows and Lubuntu installed.

When I check the disk with Lubuntu, it says "disk ok 1497 bad sectors". However, when I check the disk in Windows it doesn't report any issues. Is Windows only checking its own partition? If so, why does Lubuntu partition have so many errors but the Windows partition has none?

Did Lubuntu cause these?

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david-americo rojas-coppa
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    Yes, windows only checks its partition. Your disk is failing and needs replaced. – psusi Jan 24 '15 at 15:39
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    Have you checked the hard drive's (if that's what you're using) SMART info & tests? What's telling you there's bad sectors now, `fsck`? – Xen2050 Jan 25 '15 at 03:39

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Please,

Please,

Please,

Please!

Make a system backup now!

Your hard drive is in imminent danger of failing any minute!

Please follow these instructions right now!

If you do not have a hard disk to back-up to:

Do not turn off your computer! Press Ctrl+Alt+T and type the following command:

sudo parted --list

then copy-paste the output of that command to any word processor or text editor, print it off, go to a store and show them the print and ask to buy an "external USB hard disk than can contain this data".

Please? Pretty please???

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Fabby
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  • And after you've followed the instructions above, also have a look at [what's a good backup strategy for 1 PC](http://askubuntu.com/questions/569679/whats-a-good-back-up-strategy-for-1-desktop-pc). You're probably user type 3... – Fabby Jan 24 '15 at 22:51
  • So was it a bad install since only the partition with lubuntu is failing? – david-americo rojas-coppa Jan 26 '15 at 01:16
  • If you haven't yet made a back-up of Windows too, please do so as I'm afraid your entire hard drive is failing... :( – Fabby Jan 26 '15 at 07:01
  • @david-americorojas-coppa: As you're a reputation 1 user: If this answer helped you, don't forget to click the grey **☑** at the left of this text, which means [Yes, this answer is valid](http://askubuntu.com/help/accepted-answer)! **;-)** – Fabby Oct 02 '15 at 12:53