'fsck' or the 'file system check' is a system utility that checks the consistency of the file system in LINUX and all UNIX like operating systems. Once, the system detects any inconsistency in it, following any unsystematic system shut down, this tool runs automatically at the booting process. The fsck tool facilitates repairing of the file system as specified by the user or else, it can do the on its own automatically. However, sometimes, fsck also fails to fix certain errors and the data in your LINUX drive become inaccessible thereafter. In such cases, you need to look for any LINUX data recovery utility to recover back your valuable data.

Usually, in case of an odd shut down of the Linux system following any power surge or power failure, the process of read or write is interrupted all of a sudden and hence, there happens a corruption to the directory block that stores the information about the data. The fsck locates such inconstancy with flashing error messages, following which the system even fails to boot-up. The error messages shown by fsck are as follows:...