So I can't access my work laptop at all. I didn't try to uninstall ubuntu or anything, but the last time I used it it just froze and I had to press the power button until it shut down to get it working again. Not the best idea but hindsight... Now as soon as I turn it on the GNU GRUB Version 2.04 appears with the options ubuntu, Advanced options for ubuntu, System setup.
I tried ubuntu first, since I'm a newbie with little know-how outside of everyday use. I didn't get far and tried the Advanced options after a look around online:
Ubuntu, with Linux 4.15.0-151-generic (recovery mode)
It ended with the same:
/dev/sda2 contains a file system with errors, check forced.
Inodes that were part of a corrupted orphanlinked list found.
/dev/sda2: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY.
(i.e., without -a or -p options)
fsck exited with status code 4
The root filesystem on /dev/sda2 requires a manual fsck
Busybox v1.27.2 (Ubuntu 1:1.27.2-2ubuntu3.3) built-in shell (ash)
How do I solve this so I have access to the laptop again? no matter how many times I exit or reboot it returns to the GNU GRUB Version 2.04 Page.
I can't really afford to lose my data and I don't have a CD or USB with the UBUNTU Setup as I got the Laptop as is from the office, it used to have a Windows IOS according to the stickers at the bottom; I don't know if that's relevant or not.
My issue is that in the solutions I saw you always had to use the CD/USB to fix it - which I don't have. Also no I can't give it to our office since it moved countries. Last time I had to wait months (pre Corona!) to get the laptop.
EDIT: Yes I tried the fsck /dev/sda2 at prompt unfortunately it didnt work
