so i loaded the livecd and ran fsck and here are the results:
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fsck -y /dev/sda1
fsck from util-linux-ng 2.16
e2fsck 1.41.9 (22-Aug-2009)
/dev/sda1 is mounted.
WARNING!!! Running e2fsck on a mounted filesystem may cause
SEVERE filesystem damage.
Do you really want to continue (y/n)? yes
/dev/sda1: recovering journal
/dev/sda1: clean, 216218/9371648 files, 10578729/37475620 blocks
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$
it says it was mounted but when i right clicked places/160gb filesystem it gave me the option to mount... sorry im still kinda new to linux
only running 1hd atm so i thought sda1 would be fine