[NCLUG] Hard disk failure

[Michael Dwyer]

> Hmm, not kernel cruft, then.  Did you install/change anything major on
your > Linux box in/around the same time?  It seems VERY odd that a
piece of Win
> software other than the OS would demolish a Unix filesystem this
badly...

Was the software you installed perchance the latest Easy CD Creator?
I've been seeing a number of things on The Register regarding some
pretty severe filesystem corruption that it is thought to cause:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/19099.html