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Here is my walk if shame: I ran the command

sudo rm -rf ~ /.local

And it deleted everything on my system. It is (or was) a Vizio CT14. The reason I ran this command in Terminal, if this is relevant, was to uninstall Ubuntu so I could reinstall a clean version.

The PSU is working, as evidence by the blue light and churning sound of the hard disk, though the screen doesn't come on. Does this mean my graphics card has been deleted too?

Any help would be appreciated

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    Can you access tty1-6 (Ctrl+Alt+F2 or any other F key 1 - 6) ? Mar 17, 2015 at 22:58
  • No, the system isn't responding to anything at all
    – AllGood_
    Mar 18, 2015 at 19:05

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Just create a liveusb with ubuntu on it and install it from there. You just removed the files for ubuntu to run, you can still boot from other devices such as the usb key, or a dvd or whatever. Nothing shows up on presumably because there is nothing there.

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  • I tried booting from a live USB and nothing happened. I don't get a blank screen because the screen doesn't even power on
    – AllGood_
    Mar 18, 2015 at 12:50
  • Nothing at all? Ouch. What happens when you plug in another screen? Mar 18, 2015 at 13:23
  • I just tried to plug into my TV via HDMI. The TV displayed a no-signal screen. I verified that the cable and input were operable by using another laptop.
    – AllGood_
    Mar 18, 2015 at 19:04
  • Well without a screen there's not much to do :/ Probably won't work but is this relevant? askubuntu.com/questions/162075/… Mar 18, 2015 at 19:34
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    Better safe than sorry^^ Well I have no idea why the screen doesn't start. Maybe edit the question to make this problem more apparent, after that reinstalling the system is pretty forward I should think. And maybe add more details if you can? Mar 18, 2015 at 19:42

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