[LI] HELP... Kernel Panic !!!

[Ghins Mathai <ghins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Today morning when I tried booting into Linux I got the following error:

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EXT@-fs error (device ide0(3,5)): ext2_check_descriptors: Block bitmap
for group 1 not in group (block 0)!
EXT@-fs: group descriptors corrupted !
Kernel panic: VFS : Unable to mount root fs on 03:05
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Why do I get this error ? Is there any way this can be corrected ? If
not is there any way by which I can take a backup of contents of Linux
partition ?


Please reply ASAP

TIA

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