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Problem

Hard drive read/write fault error(s).

Solution

Get a new hard drive and clone data as soon as possible!

get a hard drive of same size and type (e.g. 80 GB, S-ATA)
attach new hard drive as slave drive
download and burn Knoppix CD-Rom
boot from Knoppix CD-Rom
on console type: dd_rescue -A -v /dev/sda /dev/sdb
-A = fill damaged blocks with 0, -v = verbose

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