Re: file check wont pass

Taylor, ForrestX wrote:
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> 
> You need to run fsck on your disks.  The command should be something like:
> 
> fsck -y /dev/hda1
> 
> Since you are new, you may not know the names of your partitions.  If 
> this is the case, you may be able to find them by typing:
> 
> fdisk -l
> 
> The partitions should be listed on the left side.  If it doesn't show 
> anything, use trial and error.  Try:
> 
> fsck -y /dev/hda1
> fsck -y /dev/hda2
> and so on up to hda10.  If it doesn't recognize any of these, try:
> 
> fsck -y /dev/sda1
> fsck -y /dev/sda2
> and so on.  The s in sda stands for SCSI, thus if you are certain that 
> you have SCSI hard drives, use this command.
> 
> If neither of these finds any valid partitions, try using hdb1, hdb2, 
> etc.  You may need to try hdc or hdd, or sdb and sdc for SCSI as well.
> 
> Once you find the partitions and clean them, you should type `exit`, and 
> reboot.
> 
> Forrest

I had the same problem this guy does and used the above commands but 
nothing worked short of formatting and doing a clean reinstall.