Questions tagged [data-recovery]

Data recovery is the process of salvaging data from damaged, failed, corrupted, or inaccessible storage media when it cannot be accessed normally. Use this tag when you want to refer to one of the problems stated above.

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Lost My Ubuntu Partition [duplicate]

I had my laptop dual-booting Windows and Ubuntu for near two years now. Today, I turned it on, and my Ubuntu partition was gone! Usually it asks me at the start which partition I want to choose. Now ...
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WSL2 export is huge - 118 GB!

I wanted to do a back up of my Ubuntu-20.04 WSL image or whatever is called and the tar file that resulted is 118 GB. The login screen shows a Usage of 22% of 250 GB., so that would be 55GB. But still ...
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EXT4 Partition Lost?

Booted up from live media (ubuntu 12.04) with HDD (3TB, GUID, single EXT4 partition used for storing data and nothing else)connected via SATA. For some reason the file system was only allowing "read ...
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windows 10 files disapearing with dual boot ubuntu 22.04 LTS OS short on space

I have: 512GB SSD 8 GB RAM windows 10 331 GB parition ubuntu 22.04 LTS 4 GB swap area 16 GB root partition 121 GB home partition intel i5-8265U CPU no data backup I followed this tutorial but ...
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Recover Ubuntu 20.04 after failed upgrade to Ubuntu 22.04

On my laptop I have Windows 10 and Ubuntu 20.04 in dual boot and, after upgrading to Ubuntu 22.04 failed, Windows is the only system I am able to boot and grub is not available. This is not a big ...
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Lost /home partition after resizing with kde partition manager

The disk name is /dev/sdd and the partition table was as it follows: Partition Type Label Size Used First Sector Last Sector Number of sectors /dev/sdd1 unknown Microsoft reserved 15.98MiB ---- 34 ...
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How to rescue scratched CDs or DVDs using Ubuntu?

I have several old CDs that have scratches and won't play anymore. The same with a scratched video DVD. Is there any chance to recover the data using Ubuntu?
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How can I recover text from the Snap app 'Notes'?

How can I recover text from the Snap app 'Notes'? After some nearby lightning the motherboard is toast...but the SSD is intact. Other files are OK, but I have lost all my current notes which were in ...
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How to get all data from persistent live usb to preserve os

the producer of one software that provides software for receiving amateur metrological balloons uploaded the software to linux lubuntu persistent live to make it "user frendly" (the flash ...
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Windows chkdsk deleted all my Linux files

I have a dual boot setup and when I booted into windows one time chkdsk automatically ran. It ended up deleting a bunch of files on my NTFS storage HDD, all the deleted files were created on Linux. ...
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DNS not working in recovery terminal mode

In the process of upgrading to the latest Ubuntu 18 build, I am now stuck working in recovery terminal mode trying to reinstall GDM3 and ubuntu-desktop. problem is I can ping outside IP addresses, but ...
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How to recover deleted files from CF card?

How to recover deleted files from CF card?Which Compact Flash Data Recovery Freeware is better? Recommend it to me, thank you!
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USB wrong size after formatting

I have a USB Stick that i previously used as a bootable Ubuntu Stick. After i formatted it, it had only the half size of it left. (16GB stick previous.. after 8GB) Seems like the half is lost. GParted ...
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unable to recover lost data after deleting mount points in ubunu

i have mounted two partitions on /media folder: show mount points here so later, i could access them through GUI as a separated partitions like this show two partitions here by mistake, i have deleted ...
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Recovering an encrypted home folder in Ubuntu

I was trying to upgrade to 18.04, and after reboot, I could not log in, even on a virtual terminal (Alt+Ctrl+F1). I don't know the exact reason, but my assumption is there was less space in home that ...
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recovery your pc/device needs to be repaired

I had windows 10 trial version in my pc. I removed it and installed ubuntu (It is not a dual-boot). I did not have any problem with it for almost 2 months. But today suddenly when I am turning my PC ...
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Is there any way to recover a file that has been accidentally overwritten (in the terminal)?

As usual, I needed to generate some files by means of a program like this: .../charmm < 0.inp > 0.out & However, I made the mistake of doing the following: .../charmm < 0.inp > 0.inp &...
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error: you need to load the kernel first

Last night, I jumped to update my Ubuntu, I left it overnight and when I woke up there was a strange screen, I turned it off and turned it on again, right now I get this error on the screen error: ...
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How do you use the zfs encryption recovery key 22.04

I've installed ubuntu 22.4 using the graphical installer. I chose to use a ZFS root install with encryption using the GUI options (without doing the advanced stuff). At some part of the process I ...
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Using photorec from bootable usb, where to store recovered files?

I overwrote a Lubuntu installation on my laptop hdd when I installed Xubuntu. I choose the wipe the disk before intalling Xubuntu... although I had a lot of pictures on the lubuntu installation that I ...
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Unable to access an external hard drive. Error mounting. Can't read superblock

I have an external hard drive with an EXT4 file system, which I use to back up my laptop and save several important files. This hard drive had some sort of security layer (probably prepared with ...
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How to mount a Microsoft basic data partition

I have a Dell Inspiron 5568 laptop that is no longer booting up under Windows 10. The native (Dell) recovery options are not allowing me to backup any of my data prior to attempting a factory reset. ...
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How to use TestDisk

enter image description here I just replaced my Windows 10 and switched to Ubuntu and deleted all my data accidently as it was in partitions on my windows.Tried using TestDisk for its recovery after ...
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Make computer boot from an existing installation of 18.04

I am trying to restore my Ubuntu 18.04 machine after one of two its hard disks failed. The remaining SSD disk still has all (or most) files from the operating system with my programs and data. The ...
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How can I backup Ubuntu's "config"? A list of my extra installed stuff, as a script if possible?

I have crashes often cause of computer problems, and have to reinstall everything every few weeks. What would be useful is a script that can keep track of what I install, that I carry around to my new ...
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How long should I wait on recovering journal, Clearing, clean?

After reverting to a legacy nvidia driver to access an old nvidia card, I rebooted. Why reboot? Because nvidia-smi, etc. won't work sometimes without a reboot. However, the rebooting system never ...
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Ubuntu core 22 recovery mode

I'm trying to get into recovery mode by keeping the '1' pressed on my keyboard while booting. Also tried to keep hitting '1' key while the system is booting up. Nothing works. Tried with 2 different ...
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Recover files from ubuntu hard drive that computer doesn't read

So I installed ubuntu on an external portable hard drive I was using, but now my computer won't detect it when I plug it in. The drive does turn on though. When I go to click on the change boot device ...
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How to recover deleted files in ubantu which is deleted by -delete comand? [duplicate]

While trying to reset my python Django project migrations due to 1st command my whole is deleted. How can I recover? find . - path "*/migrations/*.py" -not -name " __init.py__ " -...
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Make grub boot entry to load recovery menu

Make grub boot entry to load recovery menu Using Lubuntu 22.04 LTS I'm trying to add a grub entry that would be able to load a menu. This menu should have 4 options: Backup sda dd if=/dev/nvme0n1 of=/...
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Files/Directories on exFat are not visible from Windows

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS exfat-fuse / exfat-utils 1.2.8-1 (The latest version that will install after running sudo apt-get update.) Linux is writing files to a Windows exFat partition on a Windows OS disk ...
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Ubuntu 20.10 - Data recovery

Ubuntu 20.10 groovy (x86-64) Kernel: 5.8.0-43-generic I'm looking for a tool that could recover data from a partition that has been deleted during installation. Wrong disk selected during install. I ...
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Ext4 partition shows up as unknown but can be mounted manually

I recently had to use testdisk as well as these steps (Recover ext4 file system after quick format) to recover an accidentally formatted ext4 partition. After recovering the Ext4 partition from a ...
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LVM restore configured lv to have more blocks then are available in vg

I recently had a 2TB disk go down due to, albeit, stupidity on my part. Let's just say I won't be working with live power anywhere near my server again. However, I don't have another disk that size, ...
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How to fix broken partition table after restoring a partition

I recently recovered an accidentally formatted ext4 partition by following these steps: Recover ext4 file system after quick format The recovered drive now shows up in testdisk after running "...
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How do you undelete files from within multiple levels of deleted folder on EXT4 and keep the original file tree structure? [duplicate]

I was making some room n my file server by moving the data to the desktop. The desktop had a catastrophic failure and now i'm trying to recover the files from the fileserver. Trying to undelete close ...
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How do I reinstall Ubuntu distro to wsl?

I accidentally deleted Ubuntu from my computer, later I installed Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and now I need to access my previous files. When I installed 22.04 LTS I couldn’t find my previous account but I can'...
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hard drive data retrieval

My Ubuntu 18.04 crashed a few days back. I installed Ubuntu 20.04. May be my question is naive but is there any way I can retrieve data from the previous Ubuntu 18.04 version ? Regards, Amit.
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Problems with graphic card and boot recoverymode under kernel 5.13.0-41 and 5.13.0-44

I have Ubuntu mate 20.04. After booting with Linux kernel 5.13.0-41 or 5.13.0-44 generic Ubuntu-mate is running but only a gray screen will appear since some days. When I try to boot the recovery mode ...
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Recovering Ubuntu setup without reinstalling

I believe that I broke my Ubuntu partition by removing python3.8. Now the GRUB option has changed from Ubuntu to Debian and I can only get into a shell via recovery mode. In this state it doesn't look ...
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Recover files from encrypted drive after erasing and reinstalling Ubuntu

I had ubuntu 21.10 and upgraded to 22.04 sadly this broke a lot of things so I wanted a fresh install. Using the ubuntu installer I erased the drive, installed ubuntu 22.04 on the same hard drive and ...
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Recover ubuntu data from hard drive in dual boot ubuntu/windows hard drive

My computer is broken so i want to remove the hard drive and place it as an external hard drive via Usb on anothercomputer. Is it possible to recover the data from the partition of ubuntu in a dual ...
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After reinstallatio of ubuntu all photos deleted. Do you know any apps or any command lines where i can restore them;;

Hallo to everyone how are you;; I travelled to 6 countries and i had thousands of photos inside. For xy reason because i couldn't open the laptop ( it was constantly crashing) i decided to delete ...
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dumpe2fs not finding any superblock

I have a HD in pretty bad shape. I'm prepared to accept is dead but I'd like to recover the data from it. Running badblocks on it gives a HUGE list of numbers. Trying to run fsck.ext4 on it just ...
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cp fails to copy with errors "cp: error reading 'file': Input/output error" and "cp: failed to extend 'file': Input/output error

I'm a user of Oracle Virtualbox on Ubuntu. And I used to copy vdi files as a kind of backup. Previously I did this (copying vdi file and then copying it back) many times without any problem. But ...
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Pendrive not detected in Ubuntu 16.04 but it is showing in disk

Ubuntu is not detecting my USB drive as a mountable volume, but it is showing in Disks, as seen in the below screenshot: What can I do to format this drive? lsusb output is as $ lsusb > Bus 001 ...
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Interpreting the Disks UI when running "Repairing Filesystem"

I'm running "Repair Filesystem" through the Disks utility on a 2TB external HD. I kicked off the process about 10 hours ago and it appears to still be running, although I can't be certain. ...
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How can I recover files?

In my 21.10 impish Linux partition I was working on all kinds of things at the same time and got side tracked by jammy jellyfish. Who doesn't? Things these days seem to run so seamlessly that I ...
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Accidentally moved directories under root

I've accidentally run this command sudo mv /* /applications/minced/ instead of sudo mv ./* /applications/minced/ This is all that's left in the root directory $ / applications/ dev/ ...
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What is the equivalent of zerofree for vfat (fat 16, fat 32)

To make one file unlinked with rm myfile on a ext2, ext3 or ext4 formatted USB, I run zerofree /dev/sdb What would be the equivalent command(s) for for FAT16 and FAT32 formatted USB? (i.e USB ...

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