Don't go there. Time you got some sleep I thought.
Im having my secret supper again, idk man I get hungry at night. It's kinda like a quarentine thing.
That's referred to as "Sock Puppetry" and is easily noted by Admins and Moderators by your IP address.
I did it, and the text that appeared this time is different than the last times. I don't know if that's a good sign or not haha
This would be the fourth time this happened, but the text that appeared after i typed "exit" is different than the last times.
That it is different each time is not a good sign.
Your HDD may be on the road to total failure.
In the meantime, in that prompt, can you run:
fsck /dev/mapper/zorin--vg-root
Follow all the prompts; when finished reboot and relay the results here?
Can i replace that in my laptop without losing my stuff? I'm not the most computer savvy person, sorry.
Also, i don't want to mess anything up further, so do i tell it to clear the garbage?
Yes, since you have no viable other options.
After replacing the faulty disk and OS installation on the new disk, you can connect your old HDD to the laptop through SATA to USB connector like this one.
https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B01ESQZG6Y/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Copy your personal data to the new installation from the old disk.
I just started to wonder if it is better not to touch this HDD at this stage. The bad sectors can only increase. Especially if the disk contains irreplaceable data.
There is always risk. But please remember that Linux Programmers often have a sense of humor.
"Clearing the garbage" means that any good data will be moved to a good sector.
There was a lot of garbage to be cleared, apparently. I don't know how to scroll up, or if i even can, but this is what the screen is currently showing.
That won't bring over any corrupted data, right?
The way it is Supposed to work, is it moves the block to a new good sector and repairs any corrupted or missing files with back ups (always stored in Root).
There is always risk - This is because if the drive is failing or total failure is imminent, then the good block it is moved to may not be so good.
Right now, it is your best shot. But, considering the frequency you have noted of this occurrence, I highly recommend that if this gets you access to your desktop, you back up all important files without any delay.
If you cannot back up right away, leave the computer off until you can.
Then see about replacing the drive...
If the data is already corrupted - I think you cannot even copy it in a normal way since you cannot access to the file.
Okay. That sucks, but okay.
Will getting a new drive keep this from happening again?
Was Firefox the only thing updated? It seems that aravisian is right, but it also may have been compounded by an incomplete or damaged update to the kernel.
The current situation strongly pointing out the hardware problem not the software problem. Once you replace the disk everything should be OK.
Until that drive meets its eol
I don't know WHAT updated. The update was around 700something kbs though.