[linux-help] Saving my hard disk

["Nathan" <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

My Debian (potato) Linux server/router is having some trouble after a recent
power outage.  I can't boot normally without a check being forced.  I run
e2fsck, but get uncorrectible errors.

Slightly off-subject opinion:
The Linux file system seems to be a little more fragile (when it comes to
power outages) than FAT or NTFS.  If this isn't true, I'd welcome someone
telling me why and what I might be doing wrong.

I've read the man pages for e2fsck very carefully, and with my very limited
understanding, decided to run "e2fsck -pcn -C 0".  I've done this several
times, but I'm still getting uncorrectible errors.  Also, ProFTP isn't won't
load any more, so I think those sectors have been damaged.  I'll need to
figure out how to fix this as well.

I'd really appreciate some help.

Thanks,
Nathan

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