Disk read error, and Disk Utility won't open

Have a PowerMac G4 dual 800mhz, with two hard drives. Mac OS X 10.3.9 is installed on HD1. I use HD2 for miscellaneous files.
Using the Azureus bittorrent client, I'm getting "Error: Disk read error - Input/output error, read fails" in the Status column when trying to download something to HD2.
However, I'm able to upload files from HD2 for other users, and I'm also able to play video files that are stored on HD2 without problem.
The real issue is that when I went to see if I could fix anything by opening Disk Utility, it won't open. It goes into an immediate state of Not Responding. It won't listen to me when I tell it to Force Quit... I have to wait a long time, or restart the computer, to get it to stop showing up in the dock.
Any advice would be appreciated.

To repair a startup volume you must do the following:
Repairing the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. Then select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger.) After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer. Now shutdown the computer for a couple of minutes and then restart normally.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior (4.0 for Tiger) and/or TechTool Pro (4.5.2 for Tiger) to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
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    ============================ Drive/Partition Info: =============================
    Drive: sda _____________________________________________________________________
    Disk /dev/sda: 2014 MB, 2014314496 bytes
    48 heads, 47 sectors/track, 1743 cylinders, total 3934208 sectors
    Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
    Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    Partition  Boot  Start Sector    End Sector  # of Sectors  Id System
    /dev/sda1    *          7,736     3,934,207     3,926,472   6 FAT16
    Drive: sdb _____________________________________________________________________
    Disk /dev/sdb: 750.2 GB, 750156374016 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders, total 1465149168 sectors
    Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
    Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
    Partition  Boot  Start Sector    End Sector  # of Sectors  Id System
    /dev/sdb1    *          2,048       206,847       204,800   7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS
    /dev/sdb2             206,848 1,042,102,271 1,041,895,424   7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS
    /dev/sdb3       1,042,102,272 1,058,879,487    16,777,216   c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
    /dev/sdb4       1,058,879,488 1,465,145,343   406,265,856   7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS
    GUID Partition Table detected, but does not seem to be used.
    Partition    Start Sector    End Sector  # of Sectors System
    "blkid" output: ________________________________________________________________
    Device           UUID                                   TYPE       LABEL
    /dev/loop0                                              squashfs   
    /dev/sda1        8445-39EA                              vfat       MULTIBOOT
    /dev/sdb1        E48A3EB48A3E82DA                       ntfs       System Reserved
    /dev/sdb2        869E4B729E4B5A37                       ntfs       
    /dev/sdb3        70C8-BABE                              vfat       HP_TOOLS
    /dev/sdb4        FA50FC5C50FC2155                       ntfs       Bananalandia
    /dev/sr0                                                udf        UDF Volume
    /dev/zram0       c7af1e29-699f-4efa-a763-6bd4df3c5edf   swap       
    /dev/zram1       ddfe2e88-60eb-4564-9f7f-a6a55d40cfa1   swap       
    /dev/zram2       744b5bbe-811f-43c5-b381-5f9723476774   swap       
    /dev/zram3       501bb243-bf9b-4346-a227-d10edf37dfda   swap       
    ========================= "ls -l /dev/disk/by-id" output: ======================
    total 0
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Jan  6 20:13 ata-HGST_HTS541075A9E680_JD12001W14AW4B -> ../../sdb
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan  6 20:13 ata-HGST_HTS541075A9E680_JD12001W14AW4B-part1 -> ../../sdb1
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan  6 20:13 ata-HGST_HTS541075A9E680_JD12001W14AW4B-part2 -> ../../sdb2
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan  6 20:12 ata-HGST_HTS541075A9E680_JD12001W14AW4B-part3 -> ../../sdb3
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan  6 20:13 ata-HGST_HTS541075A9E680_JD12001W14AW4B-part4 -> ../../sdb4
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Jan  6 20:12 ata-hp_DVDRAM_GU90N_M83E1M80128 -> ../../sr0
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Jan  6 20:13 usb-Generic_Flash_Disk_E5F27B91-0:0 -> ../../sda
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan  6 20:12 usb-Generic_Flash_Disk_E5F27B91-0:0-part1 -> ../../sda1
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Jan  6 20:13 wwn-0x5000cca760d011d0 -> ../../sdb
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan  6 20:13 wwn-0x5000cca760d011d0-part1 -> ../../sdb1
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan  6 20:13 wwn-0x5000cca760d011d0-part2 -> ../../sdb2
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan  6 20:12 wwn-0x5000cca760d011d0-part3 -> ../../sdb3
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan  6 20:13 wwn-0x5000cca760d011d0-part4 -> ../../sdb4
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Jan  6 20:12 wwn-0x5001480000000000 -> ../../sr0
    ================================ Mount points: =================================
    Device           Mount_Point              Type       Options
    /dev/loop0       /rofs                    squashfs   (ro,noatime)
    /dev/sda1        /cdrom                   vfat       (ro,noatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro)
    /dev/sr0         /media/it/UDF Volume     udf        (ro,nosuid,nodev,uid=999,gid=999,iocharset=utf8,umask=0077,uhelper=udisks2)
    =============================== StdErr Messages: ===============================
    File descriptor 9 (/proc/1971/mounts) leaked on lvs invocation. Parent PID 9523: bash
    File descriptor 63 (pipe:[28797]) leaked on lvs invocation. Parent PID 9523: bash
      No volume groups found
    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION :
    =================== log of boot-repair 2015-01-06__20h12 ===================
    boot-repair version : 4ppa14
    boot-sav version : 4ppa14
    glade2script version : 3.2.2~ppa47~saucy
    boot-sav-extra version : 4ppa14
    File descriptor 9 (/proc/1971/mounts) leaked on lvs invocation. Parent PID 4571: /bin/sh
    No volume groups found
    boot-repair is executed in live-session (Boot-Repair-Disk 64bit 29nov2014, trusty, Ubuntu, x86_64)
    ls: cannot access /home/usr/.config: No such file or directory
    CPU op-mode(s):        32-bit, 64-bit
    BOOT_IMAGE=/multiboot/boot-repair-disk-64bit/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/multiboot/boot-repair-disk-64bit/preseed/lubuntu.seed boot=casper cdrom-detect/try-usb=true noprompt floppy.allowed_drive_mask=0 ignore_uuid live-media-path=/multiboot/boot-repair-disk-64bit/casper/ initrd=/multiboot/boot-repair-disk-64bit/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
    WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sdb'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.
    =================== os-prober:
    /dev/sdb1:Windows 7 (loader):Windows:chain
    =================== blkid:
    /dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs"
    /dev/sda1: SEC_TYPE="msdos" LABEL="MULTIBOOT" UUID="8445-39EA" TYPE="vfat"
    /dev/sdb1: LABEL="System Reserved" UUID="E48A3EB48A3E82DA" TYPE="ntfs"
    /dev/sdb2: UUID="869E4B729E4B5A37" TYPE="ntfs"
    /dev/sdb3: LABEL="HP_TOOLS" UUID="70C8-BABE" TYPE="vfat"
    /dev/sdb4: LABEL="Bananalandia" UUID="FA50FC5C50FC2155" TYPE="ntfs"
    /dev/sr0: LABEL="UDF Volume" TYPE="udf"
    /dev/zram0: UUID="c7af1e29-699f-4efa-a763-6bd4df3c5edf" TYPE="swap"
    /dev/zram1: UUID="ddfe2e88-60eb-4564-9f7f-a6a55d40cfa1" TYPE="swap"
    /dev/zram2: UUID="744b5bbe-811f-43c5-b381-5f9723476774" TYPE="swap"
    /dev/zram3: UUID="501bb243-bf9b-4346-a227-d10edf37dfda" TYPE="swap"
    1 disks with OS, 1 OS : 0 Linux, 0 MacOS, 1 Windows, 0 unknown type OS.
    Windows not detected by os-prober on sdb2.
    WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sdb'! The util sfdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.
    WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sdb'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.
    =================== UEFI/Legacy mode:
    This live-session is not in EFI-mode.
    EFI in dmesg.
    [    0.000000] ACPI: UEFI 000000009cffd000 000236 (v01 HPQOEM 2166     00000001 HP   00040000)
    SecureBoot maybe enabled.
    =================== PARTITIONS & DISKS:
    sdb1    : sdb,    not-sepboot,    no-grubenv    nogrub,    no-docgrub,    no-update-grub,    32,    no-boot,    is-os,    not--efi--part,    part-has-no-fstab,    part-has-no-fstab,    no-nt,    no-winload,    no-recov-nor-hid,    bootmgr,    is-winboot,    nopakmgr,    nogrubinstall,    no---usr,    part-has-no-fstab,    not-sep-usr,    standard,    not-far,    /mnt/boot-sav/sdb1.
    sdb2    : sdb,    not-sepboot,    no-grubenv    nogrub,    no-docgrub,    no-update-grub,    32,    no-boot,    is-os,    not--efi--part,    part-has-no-fstab,    part-has-no-fstab,    no-nt,    haswinload,    no-recov-nor-hid,    no-bmgr,    notwinboot,    nopakmgr,    nogrubinstall,    no---usr,    part-has-no-fstab,    not-sep-usr,    standard,    farbios,    /mnt/boot-sav/sdb2.
    sdb3    : sdb,    not-sepboot,    no-grubenv    nogrub,    no-docgrub,    no-update-grub,    32,    no-boot,    no-os,    not--efi--part,    part-has-no-fstab,    part-has-no-fstab,    no-nt,    no-winload,    no-recov-nor-hid,    no-bmgr,    notwinboot,    nopakmgr,    nogrubinstall,    no---usr,    part-has-no-fstab,    not-sep-usr,    standard,    farbios,    /mnt/boot-sav/sdb3.
    sdb4    : sdb,    not-sepboot,    no-grubenv    nogrub,    no-docgrub,    no-update-grub,    32,    no-boot,    no-os,    not--efi--part,    part-has-no-fstab,    part-has-no-fstab,    no-nt,    no-winload,    no-recov-nor-hid,    no-bmgr,    notwinboot,    nopakmgr,    nogrubinstall,    no---usr,    part-has-no-fstab,    not-sep-usr,    standard,    farbios,    /mnt/boot-sav/sdb4.
    sdb    : GPT,    no-BIOS_boot,    has-no-EFIpart,     not-usb,    has-os,    2048 sectors * 512 bytes
    =================== parted -l:
    Model: Generic Flash Disk (scsi)
    Disk /dev/sda: 2014MB
    Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
    Partition Table: msdos
    Number  Start   End     Size    Type     File system  Flags
    1      3961kB  2014MB  2010MB  primary  fat16        boot
                                                                                Warning: /dev/sdb contains GPT signatures, indicating that it has a GPT table.
    However, it does not have a valid fake msdos partition table, as it should.
    Perhaps it was corrupted -- possibly by a program that doesn't understand GPT
    partition tables.  Or perhaps you deleted the GPT table, and are now using an
    msdos partition table.  Is this a GPT partition table?
    Model: ATA HGST HTS541075A9 (scsi)
    Disk /dev/sdb: 750GB
    Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
    Partition Table: gpt
    Number  Start  End  Size  File system  Name  Flags
                                                                                Warning: Unable to open /dev/sr0 read-write (Read-only file system).  /dev/sr0
    has been opened read-only.
                                                                                Error: /dev/sr0: unrecognised disk label
                                                                                Error: /dev/zram0: unrecognised disk label
                                                                                Error: /dev/zram1: unrecognised disk label
                                                                                Error: /dev/zram2: unrecognised disk label
                                                                                Error: /dev/zram3: unrecognised disk label
    =================== parted -lm:
    BYT;
    /dev/sda:2014MB:scsi:512:512:msdos:Generic Flash Disk;
    1:3961kB:2014MB:2010MB:fat16::boot;
                                                                                Warning: /dev/sdb contains GPT signatures, indicating that it has a GPT table.
    However, it does not have a valid fake msdos partition table, as it should.
    Perhaps it was corrupted -- possibly by a program that doesn't understand GPT
    partition tables.  Or perhaps you deleted the GPT table, and are now using an
    msdos partition table.  Is this a GPT partition table?
    BYT;
    /dev/sdb:750GB:scsi:512:4096:gpt:ATA HGST HTS541075A9;
                                                                                Warning: Unable to open /dev/sr0 read-write (Read-only file system).  /dev/sr0
    has been opened read-only.
                                                                                Error: /dev/sr0: unrecognised disk label
                                                                                Error: /dev/zram0: unrecognised disk label
                                                                                Error: /dev/zram1: unrecognised disk label
                                                                                Error: /dev/zram2: unrecognised disk label
                                                                                Error: /dev/zram3: unrecognised disk label
    =================== mount:
    /cow on / type overlayfs (rw)
    proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
    sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
    udev on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
    devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620)
    tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,size=10%,mode=0755)
    /dev/sda1 on /cdrom type vfat (ro,noatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro)
    /dev/loop0 on /rofs type squashfs (ro,noatime)
    none on /sys/fs/cgroup type tmpfs (rw)
    none on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
    none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)
    none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
    tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
    none on /run/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,size=5242880)
    none on /run/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
    none on /run/user type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,size=104857600,mode=0755)
    none on /sys/fs/pstore type pstore (rw)
    systemd on /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd type cgroup (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,none,name=systemd)
    gvfsd-fuse on /run/user/999/gvfs type fuse.gvfsd-fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=it)
    /dev/sr0 on /media/it/UDF Volume type udf (ro,nosuid,nodev,uid=999,gid=999,iocharset=utf8,umask=0077,uhelper=udisks2)
    /dev/sdb1 on /mnt/boot-sav/sdb1 type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096)
    /dev/sdb2 on /mnt/boot-sav/sdb2 type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096)
    /dev/sdb3 on /mnt/boot-sav/sdb3 type vfat (rw)
    /dev/sdb4 on /mnt/boot-sav/sdb4 type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096)
    =================== ls:
    /sys/block/sda (filtered):  alignment_offset bdi capability dev device discard_alignment events events_async events_poll_msecs ext_range holders inflight power queue range removable ro sda1 size slaves stat subsystem trace uevent
    /sys/block/sdb (filtered):  alignment_offset bdi capability dev device discard_alignment events events_async events_poll_msecs ext_range holders inflight power queue range removable ro sdb1 sdb2 sdb3 sdb4 size slaves stat subsystem trace uevent
    /sys/block/sr0 (filtered):  alignment_offset bdi capability dev device discard_alignment events events_async events_poll_msecs ext_range holders inflight power queue range removable ro size slaves stat subsystem trace uevent
    /dev (filtered):  autofs block bsg btrfs-control bus cdrom char console core cpu cpu_dma_latency cuse disk dri ecryptfs fb0 fd freefall full fuse hpet input kmsg log mapper mcelog mei mem net network_latency network_throughput null port ppp psaux ptmx pts random rfkill rtc rtc0 sda sda1 sdb sdb1 sdb2 sdb3 sdb4 sg0 sg1 sg2 shm snapshot snd sr0 stderr stdin stdout uhid uinput urandom v4l vga_arbiter vhci vhost-net video0 zero
    ls /dev/mapper:  control
    =================== hexdump -n512 -C /dev/sdb1
    00000000  eb 52 90 4e 54 46 53 20  20 20 20 00 02 08 00 00  |.R.NTFS    .....|
    00000010  00 00 00 00 00 f8 00 00  3f 00 ff 00 00 08 00 00  |........?.......|
    00000020  00 00 00 00 80 00 80 00  ff 1f 03 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
    00000030  55 21 00 00 00 00 00 00  02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |U!..............|
    00000040  f6 00 00 00 01 00 00 00  da 82 3e 8a b4 3e 8a e4  |..........>..>..|
    00000050  00 00 00 00 fa 33 c0 8e  d0 bc 00 7c fb 68 c0 07  |.....3.....|.h..|
    00000060  1f 1e 68 66 00 cb 88 16  0e 00 66 81 3e 03 00 4e  |..hf......f.>..N|
    00000070  54 46 53 75 15 b4 41 bb  aa 55 cd 13 72 0c 81 fb  |TFSu..A..U..r...|
    00000080  55 aa 75 06 f7 c1 01 00  75 03 e9 dd 00 1e 83 ec  |U.u.....u.......|
    00000090  18 68 1a 00 b4 48 8a 16  0e 00 8b f4 16 1f cd 13  |.h...H..........|
    000000a0  9f 83 c4 18 9e 58 1f 72  e1 3b 06 0b 00 75 db a3  |.....X.r.;...u..|
    000000b0  0f 00 c1 2e 0f 00 04 1e  5a 33 db b9 00 20 2b c8  |........Z3... +.|
    000000c0  66 ff 06 11 00 03 16 0f  00 8e c2 ff 06 16 00 e8  |f...............|
    000000d0  4b 00 2b c8 77 ef b8 00  bb cd 1a 66 23 c0 75 2d  |K.+.w......f#.u-|
    000000e0  66 81 fb 54 43 50 41 75  24 81 f9 02 01 72 1e 16  |f..TCPAu$....r..|
    000000f0  68 07 bb 16 68 70 0e 16  68 09 00 66 53 66 53 66  |h...hp..h..fSfSf|
    00000100  55 16 16 16 68 b8 01 66  61 0e 07 cd 1a 33 c0 bf  |U...h..fa....3..|
    00000110  28 10 b9 d8 0f fc f3 aa  e9 5f 01 90 90 66 60 1e  |(........_...f`.|
    00000120  06 66 a1 11 00 66 03 06  1c 00 1e 66 68 00 00 00  |.f...f.....fh...|
    00000130  00 66 50 06 53 68 01 00  68 10 00 b4 42 8a 16 0e  |.fP.Sh..h...B...|
    00000140  00 16 1f 8b f4 cd 13 66  59 5b 5a 66 59 66 59 1f  |.......fY[ZfYfY.|
    00000150  0f 82 16 00 66 ff 06 11  00 03 16 0f 00 8e c2 ff  |....f...........|
    00000160  0e 16 00 75 bc 07 1f 66  61 c3 a0 f8 01 e8 09 00  |...u...fa.......|
    00000170  a0 fb 01 e8 03 00 f4 eb  fd b4 01 8b f0 ac 3c 00  |..............<.|
    00000180  74 09 b4 0e bb 07 00 cd  10 eb f2 c3 0d 0a 41 20  |t.............A |
    00000190  64 69 73 6b 20 72 65 61  64 20 65 72 72 6f 72 20  |disk read error |
    000001a0  6f 63 63 75 72 72 65 64  00 0d 0a 42 4f 4f 54 4d  |occurred...BOOTM|
    000001b0  47 52 20 69 73 20 6d 69  73 73 69 6e 67 00 0d 0a  |GR is missing...|
    000001c0  42 4f 4f 54 4d 47 52 20  69 73 20 63 6f 6d 70 72  |BOOTMGR is compr|
    000001d0  65 73 73 65 64 00 0d 0a  50 72 65 73 73 20 43 74  |essed...Press Ct|
    000001e0  72 6c 2b 41 6c 74 2b 44  65 6c 20 74 6f 20 72 65  |rl+Alt+Del to re|
    000001f0  73 74 61 72 74 0d 0a 00  8c a9 be d6 00 00 55 aa  |start.........U.|
    00000200
    =================== hexdump -n512 -C /dev/sdb2
    00000000  eb 52 90 4e 54 46 53 20  20 20 20 00 02 08 00 00  |.R.NTFS    .....|
    00000010  00 00 00 00 00 f8 00 00  3f 00 ff 00 00 28 03 00  |........?....(..|
    00000020  00 00 00 00 80 00 80 00  ff 0f 1a 3e 00 00 00 00  |...........>....|
    00000030  00 00 0c 00 00 00 00 00  02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
    00000040  f6 00 00 00 01 00 00 00  37 5a 4b 9e 72 4b 9e 86  |........7ZK.rK..|
    00000050  00 00 00 00 fa 33 c0 8e  d0 bc 00 7c fb 68 c0 07  |.....3.....|.h..|
    00000060  1f 1e 68 66 00 cb 88 16  0e 00 66 81 3e 03 00 4e  |..hf......f.>..N|
    00000070  54 46 53 75 15 b4 41 bb  aa 55 cd 13 72 0c 81 fb  |TFSu..A..U..r...|
    00000080  55 aa 75 06 f7 c1 01 00  75 03 e9 dd 00 1e 83 ec  |U.u.....u.......|
    00000090  18 68 1a 00 b4 48 8a 16  0e 00 8b f4 16 1f cd 13  |.h...H..........|
    000000a0  9f 83 c4 18 9e 58 1f 72  e1 3b 06 0b 00 75 db a3  |.....X.r.;...u..|
    000000b0  0f 00 c1 2e 0f 00 04 1e  5a 33 db b9 00 20 2b c8  |........Z3... +.|
    000000c0  66 ff 06 11 00 03 16 0f  00 8e c2 ff 06 16 00 e8  |f...............|
    000000d0  4b 00 2b c8 77 ef b8 00  bb cd 1a 66 23 c0 75 2d  |K.+.w......f#.u-|
    000000e0  66 81 fb 54 43 50 41 75  24 81 f9 02 01 72 1e 16  |f..TCPAu$....r..|
    000000f0  68 07 bb 16 68 70 0e 16  68 09 00 66 53 66 53 66  |h...hp..h..fSfSf|
    00000100  55 16 16 16 68 b8 01 66  61 0e 07 cd 1a 33 c0 bf  |U...h..fa....3..|
    00000110  28 10 b9 d8 0f fc f3 aa  e9 5f 01 90 90 66 60 1e  |(........_...f`.|
    00000120  06 66 a1 11 00 66 03 06  1c 00 1e 66 68 00 00 00  |.f...f.....fh...|
    00000130  00 66 50 06 53 68 01 00  68 10 00 b4 42 8a 16 0e  |.fP.Sh..h...B...|
    00000140  00 16 1f 8b f4 cd 13 66  59 5b 5a 66 59 66 59 1f  |.......fY[ZfYfY.|
    00000150  0f 82 16 00 66 ff 06 11  00 03 16 0f 00 8e c2 ff  |....f...........|
    00000160  0e 16 00 75 bc 07 1f 66  61 c3 a0 f8 01 e8 09 00  |...u...fa.......|
    00000170  a0 fb 01 e8 03 00 f4 eb  fd b4 01 8b f0 ac 3c 00  |..............<.|
    00000180  74 09 b4 0e bb 07 00 cd  10 eb f2 c3 0d 0a 41 20  |t.............A |
    00000190  64 69 73 6b 20 72 65 61  64 20 65 72 72 6f 72 20  |disk read error |
    000001a0  6f 63 63 75 72 72 65 64  00 0d 0a 42 4f 4f 54 4d  |occurred...BOOTM|
    000001b0  47 52 20 69 73 20 6d 69  73 73 69 6e 67 00 0d 0a  |GR is missing...|
    000001c0  42 4f 4f 54 4d 47 52 20  69 73 20 63 6f 6d 70 72  |BOOTMGR is compr|
    000001d0  65 73 73 65 64 00 0d 0a  50 72 65 73 73 20 43 74  |essed...Press Ct|
    000001e0  72 6c 2b 41 6c 74 2b 44  65 6c 20 74 6f 20 72 65  |rl+Alt+Del to re|
    000001f0  73 74 61 72 74 0d 0a 00  8c a9 be d6 00 00 55 aa  |start.........U.|
    00000200
    =================== hexdump -n512 -C /dev/sdb3
    00000000  eb 58 90 4d 53 44 4f 53  35 2e 30 00 02 10 16 20  |.X.MSDOS5.0.... |
    00000010  02 00 00 00 00 f8 00 00  3f 00 ff 00 00 38 1d 3e  |........?....8.>|
    00000020  00 00 00 01 f5 1f 00 00  00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00  |................|
    00000030  01 00 06 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
    00000040  80 01 29 be ba c8 70 4e  4f 20 4e 41 4d 45 20 20  |..)...pNO NAME  |
    00000050  20 20 46 41 54 33 32 20  20 20 33 c9 8e d1 bc f4  |  FAT32   3.....|
    00000060  7b 8e c1 8e d9 bd 00 7c  88 4e 02 8a 56 40 b4 41  |{......|[email protected]|
    00000070  bb aa 55 cd 13 72 10 81  fb 55 aa 75 0a f6 c1 01  |..U..r...U.u....|
    00000080  74 05 fe 46 02 eb 2d 8a  56 40 b4 08 cd 13 73 05  |[email protected].|
    00000090  b9 ff ff 8a f1 66 0f b6  c6 40 66 0f b6 d1 80 e2  |.....f...@f.....|
    000000a0  3f f7 e2 86 cd c0 ed 06  41 66 0f b7 c9 66 f7 e1  |?.......Af...f..|
    000000b0  66 89 46 f8 83 7e 16 00  75 38 83 7e 2a 00 77 32  |f.F..~..u8.~*.w2|
    000000c0  66 8b 46 1c 66 83 c0 0c  bb 00 80 b9 01 00 e8 2b  |f.F.f..........+|
    000000d0  00 e9 2c 03 a0 fa 7d b4  7d 8b f0 ac 84 c0 74 17  |..,...}.}.....t.|
    000000e0  3c ff 74 09 b4 0e bb 07  00 cd 10 eb ee a0 fb 7d  |<.t............}|
    000000f0  eb e5 a0 f9 7d eb e0 98  cd 16 cd 19 66 60 80 7e  |....}.......f`.~|
    00000100  02 00 0f 84 20 00 66 6a  00 66 50 06 53 66 68 10  |.... .fj.fP.Sfh.|
    00000110  00 01 00 b4 42 8a 56 40  8b f4 cd 13 66 58 66 58  |[email protected]|
    00000120  66 58 66 58 eb 33 66 3b  46 f8 72 03 f9 eb 2a 66  |fXfX.3f;F.r...*f|
    00000130  33 d2 66 0f b7 4e 18 66  f7 f1 fe c2 8a ca 66 8b  |3.f..N.f......f.|
    00000140  d0 66 c1 ea 10 f7 76 1a  86 d6 8a 56 40 8a e8 c0  |.f....v....V@...|
    00000150  e4 06 0a cc b8 01 02 cd  13 66 61 0f 82 75 ff 81  |.........fa..u..|
    00000160  c3 00 02 66 40 49 75 94  c3 42 4f 4f 54 4d 47 52  |[email protected]|
    00000170  20 20 20 20 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |    ............|
    00000180  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
    000001a0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 0d 0a 52 65  |..............Re|
    000001b0  6d 6f 76 65 20 64 69 73  6b 73 20 6f 72 20 6f 74  |move disks or ot|
    000001c0  68 65 72 20 6d 65 64 69  61 2e ff 0d 0a 44 69 73  |her media....Dis|
    000001d0  6b 20 65 72 72 6f 72 ff  0d 0a 50 72 65 73 73 20  |k error...Press |
    000001e0  61 6e 79 20 6b 65 79 20  74 6f 20 72 65 73 74 61  |any key to resta|
    000001f0  72 74 0d 0a 00 00 00 00  00 ac cb d8 00 00 55 aa  |rt............U.|
    00000200
    =================== hexdump -n512 -C /dev/sdb4
    00000000  eb 52 90 4e 54 46 53 20  20 20 20 00 02 08 00 00  |.R.NTFS    .....|
    00000010  00 00 00 00 00 f8 00 00  3f 00 ff 00 00 38 1d 3f  |........?....8.?|
    00000020  00 00 00 00 80 00 80 00  ff 1f 37 18 00 00 00 00  |..........7.....|
    00000030  00 00 0c 00 00 00 00 00  02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
    00000040  f6 00 00 00 01 00 00 00  55 21 fc 50 5c fc 50 fa  |........U!.P.P.|
    00000050  00 00 00 00 fa 33 c0 8e  d0 bc 00 7c fb 68 c0 07  |.....3.....|.h..|
    00000060  1f 1e 68 66 00 cb 88 16  0e 00 66 81 3e 03 00 4e  |..hf......f.>..N|
    00000070  54 46 53 75 15 b4 41 bb  aa 55 cd 13 72 0c 81 fb  |TFSu..A..U..r...|
    00000080  55 aa 75 06 f7 c1 01 00  75 03 e9 dd 00 1e 83 ec  |U.u.....u.......|
    00000090  18 68 1a 00 b4 48 8a 16  0e 00 8b f4 16 1f cd 13  |.h...H..........|
    000000a0  9f 83 c4 18 9e 58 1f 72  e1 3b 06 0b 00 75 db a3  |.....X.r.;...u..|
    000000b0  0f 00 c1 2e 0f 00 04 1e  5a 33 db b9 00 20 2b c8  |........Z3... +.|
    000000c0  66 ff 06 11 00 03 16 0f  00 8e c2 ff 06 16 00 e8  |f...............|
    000000d0  4b 00 2b c8 77 ef b8 00  bb cd 1a 66 23 c0 75 2d  |K.+.w......f#.u-|
    000000e0  66 81 fb 54 43 50 41 75  24 81 f9 02 01 72 1e 16  |f..TCPAu$....r..|
    000000f0  68 07 bb 16 68 70 0e 16  68 09 00 66 53 66 53 66  |h...hp..h..fSfSf|
    00000100  55 16 16 16 68 b8 01 66  61 0e 07 cd 1a 33 c0 bf  |U...h..fa....3..|
    00000110  28 10 b9 d8 0f fc f3 aa  e9 5f 01 90 90 66 60 1e  |(........_...f`.|
    00000120  06 66 a1 11 00 66 03 06  1c 00 1e 66 68 00 00 00  |.f...f.....fh...|
    00000130  00 66 50 06 53 68 01 00  68 10 00 b4 42 8a 16 0e  |.fP.Sh..h...B...|
    00000140  00 16 1f 8b f4 cd 13 66  59 5b 5a 66 59 66 59 1f  |.......fY[ZfYfY.|
    00000150  0f 82 16 00 66 ff 06 11  00 03 16 0f 00 8e c2 ff  |....f...........|
    00000160  0e 16 00 75 bc 07 1f 66  61 c3 a0 f8 01 e8 09 00  |...u...fa.......|
    00000170  a0 fb 01 e8 03 00 f4 eb  fd b4 01 8b f0 ac 3c 00  |..............<.|
    00000180  74 09 b4 0e bb 07 00 cd  10 eb f2 c3 0d 0a 41 20  |t.............A |
    00000190  64 69 73 6b 20 72 65 61  64 20 65 72 72 6f 72 20  |disk read error |
    000001a0  6f 63 63 75 72 72 65 64  00 0d 0a 42 4f 4f 54 4d  |occurred...BOOTM|
    000001b0  47 52 20 69 73 20 6d 69  73 73 69 6e 67 00 0d 0a  |GR is missing...|
    000001c0  42 4f 4f 54 4d 47 52 20  69 73 20 63 6f 6d 70 72  |BOOTMGR is compr|
    000001d0  65 73 73 65 64 00 0d 0a  50 72 65 73 73 20 43 74  |essed...Press Ct|
    000001e0  72 6c 2b 41 6c 74 2b 44  65 6c 20 74 6f 20 72 65  |rl+Alt+Del to re|
    000001f0  73 74 61 72 74 0d 0a 00  8c a9 be d6 00 00 55 aa  |start.........U.|
    00000200
    WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sdb'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.
    =================== df -Th:
    Filesystem     Type       Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    /cow           overlayfs  3.9G  6.2M  3.9G   1% /
    udev           devtmpfs   3.9G   12K  3.9G   1% /dev
    tmpfs          tmpfs      792M  1.2M  791M   1% /run
    /dev/sda1      vfat       1.9G  628M  1.3G  33% /cdrom
    /dev/loop0     squashfs   549M  549M     0 100% /rofs
    none           tmpfs      4.0K     0  4.0K   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
    tmpfs          tmpfs      3.9G  8.0K  3.9G   1% /tmp
    none           tmpfs      5.0M     0  5.0M   0% /run/lock
    none           tmpfs      3.9G     0  3.9G   0% /run/shm
    none           tmpfs      100M   16K  100M   1% /run/user
    /dev/sr0       udf        3.0G  3.0G     0 100% /media/it/UDF Volume
    /dev/sdb1      fuseblk    100M   26M   75M  26% /mnt/boot-sav/sdb1
    /dev/sdb2      fuseblk    497G  429G   69G  87% /mnt/boot-sav/sdb2
    /dev/sdb3      vfat       8.0G   11M  8.0G   1% /mnt/boot-sav/sdb3
    /dev/sdb4      fuseblk    194G   99G   96G  51% /mnt/boot-sav/sdb4
    =================== fdisk -l:
    Disk /dev/sda: 2014 MB, 2014314496 bytes
    48 heads, 47 sectors/track, 1743 cylinders, total 3934208 sectors
    Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
    Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    Disk identifier: 0x2628973b
    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
    /dev/sda1   *        7736     3934207     1963236    6  FAT16
    Disk /dev/sdb: 750.2 GB, 750156374016 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders, total 1465149168 sectors
    Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
    Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
    I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
    Disk identifier: 0xedc07a32
    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
    /dev/sdb1   *        2048      206847      102400    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
    /dev/sdb2          206848  1042102271   520947712    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
    /dev/sdb3      1042102272  1058879487     8388608    c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)
    /dev/sdb4      1058879488  1465145343   203132928    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
    No OS or WinEFI system
    =================== Suggested repair
    The default repair of the Boot-Repair utility would not act on the MBR.
    Additional repair would be performed:  repair-filesystems  fix-windows-boot
    =================== User settings
    The settings chosen by the user will not act on the boot.
     Boot Info Script e7fc706 + Boot-Repair extra info      [Boot-Info 23Nov2014]============================= Boot Info Summary: =============================== => Syslinux MBR (4.04 and higher) is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda. => Windows 7/8/2012 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb.sda1: __________________________________________________________________________    File system:       vfat    Boot sector type:  SYSLINUX 6.03 2014-10-06................................................2....0............A20 gate n    Boot sector info:  Syslinux looks at sector 840 of /dev/sda1 for its                       second stage. SYSLINUX is installed in the /multiboot                       directory. No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.    Operating System:      Boot files:        /multiboot/boot-repair-disk-64bit/casper/vmlinuz.efi                       /multiboot/boot-repair-disk-64bit/EFI/BOOT/grubx64.efisdb1: __________________________________________________________________________    File system:       ntfs    Boot sector type:  Windows 7/2008: NTFS    Boot sector info:  No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.    Operating System:      Boot files:        /bootmgr /Boot/BCDsdb2: __________________________________________________________________________    File system:       ntfs    Boot sector type:  Windows 7/2008: NTFS    Boot sector info:  No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.    Operating System:  Windows 7    Boot files:        /Windows/System32/winload.exesdb3: __________________________________________________________________________    File system:       vfat    Boot sector type:  Windows 7/2008: FAT32    Boot sector info:  No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.    Operating System:      Boot files:        /Hewlett-Packard/BIOSUpdate/CryptRSA.efi                       /Hewlett-Packard/BIOSUpdate/CryptRSA32.efi                       /Hewlett-Packard/BIOSUpdate/HpBiosUpdate.efi                       /Hewlett-Packard/BIOSUpdate/HpBiosUpdate32.efisdb4: __________________________________________________________________________    File system:       ntfs    Boot sector type:  Windows 7/2008: NTFS    Boot sector info:  No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.    Operating System:      Boot files:        ============================ Drive/Partition Info: =============================Drive: sda _____________________________________________________________________Disk /dev/sda: 2014 MB, 2014314496 bytes48 heads, 47 sectors/track, 1743 cylinders, total 3934208 sectorsUnits = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytesSector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytesPartition  Boot  Start Sector    End Sector  # of Sectors  Id System/dev/sda1    *          7,736     3,934,207     3,926,472   6 FAT16Drive: sdb _____________________________________________________________________Disk /dev/sdb: 750.2 GB, 750156374016 bytes255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders, total 1465149168 sectorsUnits = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytesSector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytesPartition  Boot  Start Sector    End Sector  # of Sectors  Id System/dev/sdb1    *          2,048       206,847       204,800   7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS/dev/sdb2             206,848 1,042,102,271 1,041,895,424   7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS/dev/sdb3       1,042,102,272 1,058,879,487    16,777,216   c W95 FAT32 (LBA)/dev/sdb4       1,058,879,488 1,465,145,343   406,265,856   7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFSGUID Partition Table detected, but does not seem to be used.Partition    Start Sector    End Sector  # of Sectors System"blkid" output: ________________________________________________________________Device           UUID                                   TYPE       LABEL/dev/loop0                                              squashfs   /dev/sda1        8445-39EA                              vfat       MULTIBOOT/dev/sdb1        E48A3EB48A3E82DA                       ntfs       System Reserved/dev/sdb2        869E4B729E4B5A37                       ntfs       /dev/sdb3        70C8-BABE                              vfat       HP_TOOLS/dev/sdb4        FA50FC5C50FC2155                       ntfs       Bananalandia/dev/sr0                                                udf        UDF Volume/dev/zram0       c7af1e29-699f-4efa-a763-6bd4df3c5edf   swap       /dev/zram1       ddfe2e88-60eb-4564-9f7f-a6a55d40cfa1   swap       /dev/zram2       744b5bbe-811f-43c5-b381-5f9723476774   swap       /dev/zram3       501bb243-bf9b-4346-a227-d10edf37dfda   swap       ========================= "ls -l /dev/disk/by-id" output: ======================total 0lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Jan  6 20:13 ata-HGST_HTS541075A9E680_JD12001W14AW4B -> ../../sdblrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan  6 20:13 ata-HGST_HTS541075A9E680_JD12001W14AW4B-part1 -> ../../sdb1lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan  6 20:13 ata-HGST_HTS541075A9E680_JD12001W14AW4B-part2 -> ../../sdb2lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan  6 20:12 ata-HGST_HTS541075A9E680_JD12001W14AW4B-part3 -> ../../sdb3lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan  6 20:13 ata-HGST_HTS541075A9E680_JD12001W14AW4B-part4 -> ../../sdb4lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Jan  6 20:12 ata-hp_DVDRAM_GU90N_M83E1M80128 -> ../../sr0lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Jan  6 20:13 usb-Generic_Flash_Disk_E5F27B91-0:0 -> ../../sdalrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan  6 20:12 usb-Generic_Flash_Disk_E5F27B91-0:0-part1 -> ../../sda1lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Jan  6 20:13 wwn-0x5000cca760d011d0 -> ../../sdblrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan  6 20:13 wwn-0x5000cca760d011d0-part1 -> ../../sdb1lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan  6 20:13 wwn-0x5000cca760d011d0-part2 -> ../../sdb2lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan  6 20:12 wwn-0x5000cca760d011d0-part3 -> ../../sdb3lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan  6 20:13 wwn-0x5000cca760d011d0-part4 -> ../../sdb4lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Jan  6 20:12 wwn-0x5001480000000000 -> ../../sr0================================ Mount points: =================================Device           Mount_Point              Type       Options/dev/loop0       /rofs                    squashfs   (ro,noatime)/dev/sda1        /cdrom                   vfat       (ro,noatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro)/dev/sr0         /media/it/UDF Volume     udf        (ro,nosuid,nodev,uid=999,gid=999,iocharset=utf8,umask=0077,uhelper=udisks2)=============================== StdErr Messages: ===============================File descriptor 9 (/proc/1971/mounts) leaked on lvs invocation. Parent PID 9523: bashFile descriptor 63 (pipe:[28797]) leaked on lvs invocation. Parent PID 9523: bash  No volume groups foundADDITIONAL INFORMATION :=================== log of boot-repair 2015-01-06__20h12 ===================boot-repair version : 4ppa14boot-sav version : 4ppa14glade2script version : 3.2.2~ppa47~saucyboot-sav-extra version : 4ppa14File descriptor 9 (/proc/1971/mounts) leaked on lvs invocation. Parent PID 4571: /bin/shNo volume groups foundboot-repair is executed in live-session (Boot-Repair-Disk 64bit 29nov2014, trusty, Ubuntu, x86_64)ls: cannot access /home/usr/.config: No such file or directoryCPU op-mode(s):        32-bit, 64-bitBOOT_IMAGE=/multiboot/boot-repair-disk-64bit/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/multiboot/boot-repair-disk-64bit/preseed/lubuntu.seed boot=casper cdrom-detect/try-usb=true noprompt floppy.allowed_drive_mask=0 ignore_uuid live-media-path=/multiboot/boot-repair-disk-64bit/casper/ initrd=/multiboot/boot-repair-disk-64bit/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sdb'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.=================== os-prober:/dev/sdb1:Windows 7 (loader):Windows:chain=================== blkid:/dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs"/dev/sda1: SEC_TYPE="msdos" LABEL="MULTIBOOT" UUID="8445-39EA" TYPE="vfat"/dev/sdb1: LABEL="System Reserved" UUID="E48A3EB48A3E82DA" TYPE="ntfs"/dev/sdb2: UUID="869E4B729E4B5A37" TYPE="ntfs"/dev/sdb3: LABEL="HP_TOOLS" UUID="70C8-BABE" TYPE="vfat"/dev/sdb4: LABEL="Bananalandia" UUID="FA50FC5C50FC2155" TYPE="ntfs"/dev/sr0: LABEL="UDF Volume" TYPE="udf"/dev/zram0: UUID="c7af1e29-699f-4efa-a763-6bd4df3c5edf" TYPE="swap"/dev/zram1: UUID="ddfe2e88-60eb-4564-9f7f-a6a55d40cfa1" TYPE="swap"/dev/zram2: UUID="744b5bbe-811f-43c5-b381-5f9723476774" TYPE="swap"/dev/zram3: UUID="501bb243-bf9b-4346-a227-d10edf37dfda" TYPE="swap"1 disks with OS, 1 OS : 0 Linux, 0 MacOS, 1 Windows, 0 unknown type OS.Windows not detected by os-prober on sdb2.WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sdb'! The util sfdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sdb'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.=================== UEFI/Legacy mode:This live-session is not in EFI-mode.EFI in dmesg.[    0.000000] ACPI: UEFI 000000009cffd000 000236 (v01 HPQOEM 2166     00000001 HP   00040000)SecureBoot maybe enabled.=================== PARTITIONS & DISKS:sdb1    : sdb,    not-sepboot,    no-grubenv    nogrub,    no-docgrub,    no-update-grub,    32,    no-boot,    is-os,    not--efi--part,    part-has-no-fstab,    part-has-no-fstab,    no-nt,    no-winload,    no-recov-nor-hid,    bootmgr,    is-winboot,    nopakmgr,    nogrubinstall,    no---usr,    part-has-no-fstab,    not-sep-usr,    standard,    not-far,    /mnt/boot-sav/sdb1.sdb2    : sdb,    not-sepboot,    no-grubenv    nogrub,    no-docgrub,    no-update-grub,    32,    no-boot,    is-os,    not--efi--part,    part-has-no-fstab,    part-has-no-fstab,    no-nt,    haswinload,    no-recov-nor-hid,    no-bmgr,    notwinboot,    nopakmgr,    nogrubinstall,    no---usr,    part-has-no-fstab,    not-sep-usr,    standard,    farbios,    /mnt/boot-sav/sdb2.sdb3    : sdb,    not-sepboot,    no-grubenv    nogrub,    no-docgrub,    no-update-grub,    32,    no-boot,    no-os,    not--efi--part,    part-has-no-fstab,    part-has-no-fstab,    no-nt,    no-winload,    no-recov-nor-hid,    no-bmgr,    notwinboot,    nopakmgr,    nogrubinstall,    no---usr,    part-has-no-fstab,    not-sep-usr,    standard,    farbios,    /mnt/boot-sav/sdb3.sdb4    : sdb,    not-sepboot,    no-grubenv    nogrub,    no-docgrub,    no-update-grub,    32,    no-boot,    no-os,    not--efi--part,    part-has-no-fstab,    part-has-no-fstab,    no-nt,    no-winload,    no-recov-nor-hid,    no-bmgr,    notwinboot,    nopakmgr,    nogrubinstall,    no---usr,    part-has-no-fstab,    not-sep-usr,    standard,    farbios,    /mnt/boot-sav/sdb4.sdb    : GPT,    no-BIOS_boot,    has-no-EFIpart,     not-usb,    has-os,    2048 sectors * 512 bytes=================== parted -l:Model: Generic Flash Disk (scsi)Disk /dev/sda: 2014MBSector size (logical/physical): 512B/512BPartition Table: msdosNumber  Start   End     Size    Type     File system  Flags1      3961kB  2014MB  2010MB  primary  fat16        boot                                                                            Warning: /dev/sdb contains GPT signatures, indicating that it has a GPT table.However, it does not have a valid fake msdos partition table, as it should.Perhaps it was corrupted -- possibly by a program that doesn't understand GPTpartition tables.  Or perhaps you deleted the GPT table, and are now using anmsdos partition table.  Is this a GPT partition table?Model: ATA HGST HTS541075A9 (scsi)Disk /dev/sdb: 750GBSector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096BPartition Table: gptNumber  Start  End  Size  File system  Name  Flags                                                                            Warning: Unable to open /dev/sr0 read-write (Read-only file system).  /dev/sr0has been opened read-only.                                                                            Error: /dev/sr0: unrecognised disk label                                                                            Error: /dev/zram0: unrecognised disk label                                                                            Error: /dev/zram1: unrecognised disk label                                                                            Error: /dev/zram2: unrecognised disk label                                                                            Error: /dev/zram3: unrecognised disk label=================== parted -lm:BYT;/dev/sda:2014MB:scsi:512:512:msdos:Generic Flash Disk;1:3961kB:2014MB:2010MB:fat16::boot;                                                                            Warning: /dev/sdb contains GPT signatures, indicating that it has a GPT table.However, it does not have a valid fake msdos partition table, as it should.Perhaps it was corrupted -- possibly by a program that doesn't understand GPTpartition tables.  Or perhaps you deleted the GPT table, and are now using anmsdos partition table.  Is this a GPT partition table?BYT;/dev/sdb:750GB:scsi:512:4096:gpt:ATA HGST HTS541075A9;                                                                            Warning: Unable to open /dev/sr0 read-write (Read-only file system).  /dev/sr0has been opened read-only.                                                                            Error: /dev/sr0: unrecognised disk label                                                                            Error: /dev/zram0: unrecognised disk label                                                                            Error: /dev/zram1: unrecognised disk label                                                                            Error: /dev/zram2: unrecognised disk label                                                                            Error: /dev/zram3: unrecognised disk 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