On Tue, Mar 4, 2025 at 3:27 AM Avon Robertson <avo...@xtra.co.nz> wrote:
> The laptop concerned is a Dell M6600 circa 2011 that I have > owned since it was new. All internal components are original > including the 2 750Gb spinning disks. > > Is the fsck failed partition recoverable, or should I assume > the sd1 disk is at end of (a long) life? > Both disks probably need to be replaced. According to Dell's web site the M6600 takes 2.5" SATA drives just like the M6700 (what I have). Something like a WD Blue SA510 SATA SSD should work fine. -ken