Why does my lost+found directory have a large number of files in it?

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Issue

  • System having issues and the lost+found directory has a large number of files present within.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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