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[Rich Rossini_1]

Hi all, can fsck repair corrupt data in a file system?

[Robert-Jan Goossens_1 · Accepted solution]

Rich,

nope, fsck can repair a corrupt filesytem or corrupt blocks on the disk.

Robert-Jan

[A. Clay Stephenson]

No. Fsck can repair corrupt metadata assocaited with a filesystem. You need to better phrase your question so that it's more narrowly defined.

[baiju_3]

fsck will fix the file system inconsistancy ,It can not repair any data blocks , if blocks are are corrupted the files will be move to lost+found directory , and you may have to move it back from there . But there is no gurantee that it will rpair/recover data.

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[Marvin Strong]

fsck doesn't repair data, as stated by the others above. Chances are if you have corrupt data you need to do a restore.

[Rich Rossini_1]

Tahks all