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What is "lost+found" folder in my drives for?

Asked by Bunnyavengers

I was wondering what is "lost+found" folder in my drives for?
is it important?

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Best Hanusz leszek (leszek-skynet) said : 		#1

Thanks for your question,

lost+found is the place where corrupted files are placed when they are found during a filesystem check.
http://www.openaddict.com/documents/Linux-Filesystem-Hierarchy/lostfound.html

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Bunnyavengers (bunnyavengers) said : 		#2

Thank you