Copied some files...result: Kernel Panic

Hello,

I think i have a serious problem here, after i copied some files from my ext2 partition to my vfat HD i got a kernel panic on the vfat HD:

<0> Kernel panic: Aiee, killing interrupt handler!
In interrupt handler - not syncing

These files were just some images and music.
Now when i try to acces the disk with either linux OR winblows my system freezes.
I tried scandisk and it wont even scan it.
Also tried dosfsck and got the kernel panic message...

Tried accesing it with linux again...tekst only this time...and i could acces it.
But when i try deleting or creating something i get the Kernel Panic again.

I'm getting kinda desperate here now..there is 80+ Gig data on there...

Sound's like your hard drive is just plain failing. (Or has already failed.)

Since you can access it from linux... if you have space on another hard drive, I'd TRY backing up all the data on the failing one. Then start over with a clean filesystem and copy your files back... but if it really is failing you'd be better off getting a new hard drive than trying to keep using the failing one.

If you can't copy files but can still access the raw partition device (probably /dev/hdb1 depending on where your hard drive is connected and what partition you're having troubles with) you could image the device completely with:

cat /dev/hdb1 > disk.img

and then you can mount the image somewhere as root with:

mount -o loop disk.img /mnt/insert_mountpoint_here

Good luck...

Well, i think it did die on me.
I managed to copy 70 Gig on a other HD under non graphic linux.
Took me 2 days to copy it 1 by one, cause if i copied everything it would run into the files that were effected and i got a kernel panic again.
After i finished copying i had to use fdisk to delete the partition then make one again and format it.
Ran scandisk afterwards..no problems.
Then the surface test was up...got stuck at 70%...so i don't trust that disk anymore and i'm gonna get a new one.

This was even my latest HD...bought 3 months ago...a SATA Maxtor!
I have 2 HD's in here that are 4 years old and one 6 and they never gave me any trouble >_>

Don't buy Maxtor hard disks, they are just plain crap. Almost every HD failure I read about seems to involve them.

Well, i do tend to avoid them...but my 2 local dealers are sponsored by them or something...so it's al maxtor -_-""
I still have 1 IDE Maxtor thats hanging in there, and i was kinda forced to buy a new Maxtor one 2 days ago cause i was in crisis with the one that failed.
I HAD to put all the files somewhere else asap...
The others in here are IBM's, Seagate and WD's.