Questions about recovery from failure. This includes file corruption or deletion and broken software components after an update. For lost data, "data-recovery" may be a better tag.
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Recover data after installing Ubuntu? [duplicate]
I decided to install Ubuntu and I choice to erase everything, I had already installed Windows 8 but broken and I wanted to erase it, but I thought that it would erase only the partition C where was ...
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need to recover data from a data hard disk that I used testdisk on in my attempt to repair mbr from a rootkit virus
Before I begin to say what my situation is here, please know i would be FOREVER GRATEFUL for anyone who can help me out with this mess. I have photos on here from years and years of painstaking work. ...
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Installing Ubuntu over Windows 7, recovery partition
I'm currently attempting to install Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on my Acer Aspire 4830T-6678 laptop.
The laptop came pre-loaded with Windows 7 Home Premium, and it contains a recovery partition that I don't ...
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accidentaly deleted partition when installing ubuntu
As the title says I deleted my HDD partition while trying to install ubuntu 13.04. I installed windows 7 to get a recovery software (Phoenix recovery) I chose to recover after formatting but of course ...
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Restore documents and media Files [duplicate]
While I was installing Ubuntu 13.04 64bit, I did a mistake and I format the hard disk
before that I divided my HD to 3 Partitions, C: for Win8/ D:for Documents and Media/ U: for Ubuntu 12.04
What I ...
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can't access windows partition after recovery using testdisk
help me plz . after installing ubuntu i lost my all windows vista partitions .now i recovered all partitions using testdisk and i can access all data in partition D,E but can't access data in ...
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In the recovery menu, how do i Enable Networking and then go into the root shell prompt?
Whenever i click on "Enable Networking" it just seems to open me up to a permanent command prompt, not letting me go through any of the Recovery Menu options. I'm pretty sure it's a simple solution, ...
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12.04 after some update failed to get login screen.. scren black.. dpkg is not working… error
Error, when I use clean. ERROR is:
Fs-v from untill-linux 2.20.1 / dev/sda8 226708/1148364 Files 2477119 589568 blocks " same error time of "dpkg"
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Accidentally created two images using ddrescue
DDRescue is doing a fine (albeit slow) job of imaging a failing hard drive. However when I went to resume after a crash, I accidentally created a new image. I used the -C command, so I assume ddrescue ...
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I deleted my main partition, how do I recover it?
I accidentally deleted my main partition, however i haven't restarted yet so I still have access to all my files. Is there any way to prevent it being deleted on restart?
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recovering sudo/recovering root ownership on system directories — how? possible?
I'm trying to find out the default ownership & permissions for my ubuntu install. I'm also trying to figure out whether the wrong-headed granted of file ownership to the user robert to system ...
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How to make a recovery partition on a ubuntu laptop? [duplicate]
I have been wondering, how to make a recovery partition, such as System76 does with its Ubuntu laptops:
There isn’t an included recovery disc you can run off of in case your
system gets messed ...
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Windows 8 Recovery USB
How can I make a Windows 8 Recovery flash drive from the Windows Recovery .iso from Ubuntu? In other words, how can I make my flash drive bootable from the Windows 8 Recovery .iso from Ubuntu?
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Can't use Ubuntu after NVIDIA driver installation [duplicate]
I've downloaded the NVIDIA 319.17 .run driver on www.nvidia.com and i tried to install it in Ubuntu 12.04. So I logged out, I pressed CTRL+ALT+F2 and I wrote the following commands:
sudo service ...
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Missing files have disappeared
I extracted my files from a memory card and put them in a folder, formatted my memory card, and after restart the files are not in the folder on the hard disk. Is there a way to return them?
I ...
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Lost Tons of data during Ubuntu 13.04 installation. Please help urgently! [duplicate]
I have a drive of 250 gb which i had partitioned into two. 180 gb had a lot of music. It was my lifetime's collection of music. the other 50 gb had windows installed in it and also had Ubuntu 12.10 on ...
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How to copy recovered files in testdisk to a USB? [duplicate]
I used testdisk to recover files and folders lost after Ubuntu 12.10 installation over Win Vista
Now I need to copy some of these files and folders to a USB attached, I am now runing through a live ...
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How to Dual Boot Ubuntu In Samsung RF511 while keeping the samsung recovery solutions alive?
See i have a samsung rf511 and i really want to dual boot it with my existing windows 7 (factory default) and Ubuntu 12.04 and i want to have samsung recovery solution working
pls if any one from ...
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/run/lock and /run/shm missing
Recently I found /run/lock and /run/shm folders to be missing.
I tried to recover some files with a mounted disk, I now know that this may caused the harm. So unaware what to do, I created these ...
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Moved from windows lost all my files - Any File recovery Tools
Previously i was using the windows 7. When i try to replace the windows to ubuntu i lost all of my other drive files. Is there any way to recover these files. I have my project files and some ...
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Start with text mode from live USB? (Mint) [closed]
OK, so Mint menu appears, I pressed Esc and saw just this stroke "boot:" What I have to do now?
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Copy a “bad” GPT partition table to another drive
I'm trying to copy a GPT partition table. To make a long story short, I had a RAID5 on 4 drives (Intel Matrix Storage Manager, not Linux software RAID). What I have now is:
1 empty drive
2 drives ...
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can't log in after password change (ecryptfs)
I am on Ubuntu 12.10 with one user using encrypted home.
A while back I have changed by user password and then forgot it.
I then made a backup of my files using Dustin's help to an external drive. I ...
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Unknown Password [duplicate]
I recently bought a computer with ubuntu installed. however i don't know the user password. The other unfortunate thing is I'm in Colombia (long story) and the language on the computer is in Spanish ...
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How to recovery the deleted Files [duplicate]
I have a Java Project (Oauth ,this is its name), and I worked on Ubuntu 12.10
And I delete it from eclipse (delete it from disk...)
This is a important Project for me .
Can anybody else tell me how ...
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Recover a software raid setup set up in 12.04 that's been removed since clean install
I installed 12.04 from the alternative install CD last year, I ungraded to 12.10 no problem and the system ran fine for 7 months. I originally setup two HDD's in a software raiding using the ...
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how to recover when /etc has been deleted on ubuntu 12.04?
I have accidentally deleted /etc.
Does anybody knows how to recover from such a situation ?
At least I can use ssh while the server is in rescue mode (dedicated server from ovh.com).
I could ...
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grub rescue - how get rid of it?
I seem to have a rare problem. I had Ubuntu 12.10 installed, and uninstalled it (I wanted to boot several distros).
Now my VAIO boots just fine to Windows 7. However, when I press F11 to install ...
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Problem after Installation… “Minimal BASH like line editing is supported. […]”
I installed and then when I go to restart the computer, click on Ubuntu and then we show this:
Minimal BASH like line editing is supported. for the first word, TAB lists possible command ...
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How do I to copy files to flash drive in a recovery mode?
It seems like to deleted too much files by rm -r and now I have the error of "the system is running a low-graphic mode" in Ubuntu and I have to work in Windows because of that.
However I can load it ...
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Ubuntu 12.4 not working
This is message I get when I turn laptop on, have tried various things but nothing helps. Not an IT wizard so basic instructions to help would be appreciated. Screen reads.... Errors were found while ...
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recover data on external drive
I lost all my data on an external hard driven and need help getting it back.
I first installed ubuntu 12.04 64bit in dual boot along side windows 7 64,then I updated and installed all the programs ...
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How to recover files lost in Xubuntu installation?
After installing Xubuntu 12.10, I lost all my files, but I only wanted to delete all Operative Systems, not my files.
How can I recover my files and folders? Is there a program I can use for this?
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Folder Recovery after upgradation
Hi I upgraded my ubuntu 10.10 to 12.04 and I found one folder named 'www' inside '/var' was missing Can you plese tell me how to recocver it .
Thanks..
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Overwriting Very Important Data
Sorry if duplicated, but I didn't find an answer!
12.04 install overwrote 90 GB of VERY IMPORTANT data, and I didn't perform a backup before. Is there any way to recover my data??
If yes, what is it ...
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Ubuntu not loading even from a boot pen drive (purge qt*)
I accidentally ran the command:sudo apt-get purge qt* and entered my root password.
Now, I can´t reboot my 12.10. I have already tried grub recover package, and booting pendrives with 12.10 and 13.04
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Recover before installing ubuntu
When I'm installing ubuntu my hard disk is formatted.I plugged my hard drive running on windows computer.My partion is not appear.How to recover my old data before installing ubuntu. Please help me.:(
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Recovery mode - nothing is done
I'm very new in Ubuntu, so any help will be appreciated.
I've tried to enter to Recovery mode and to fix my files system. I got the message below:
Continuing will remount your / fillesystem in ...
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How do I install Windows on a computer with Grub?
I previously installed Ubuntu and I wanted to install windows vista via the repair disc included with the laptop. Booted up the computer with the disc in, nothing. I already set the boot order, so ...
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Unity wouldn't launch on Ubuntu 12.04 after removing folder /usr/share/unity/5
While installing Unity Touch Launcher icons, I accidentally deleted the /usr/share/unity/5 folder. Although I had an old copy of that folder, copying it back to directory /usr/share/unity/ still ...
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Is there a Trash explorer to explore and restore .Trash-$uid contents?
I work with external storage and mounts a lot, and I often end up with a .Trash directory somewhere, whose contents are not shown in the File Manager trash bin, even though .Trash/files contains a lot ...
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Recover failed RAID1 software Partition / missing partition table or superblock
i already read & tried different approaches for 2 days now but nothing seems to work.
I have 2 HDDs, on each one is an partition with 200GB which i had in RAID1. Then i installed XBMC and tried to ...
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Downloading Ubuntu to USB for another computer?
I have an Asus F5VL that was running Vista but when I tried downloading Office 2010 the OS crashed. Now I need a recovery disk to get it back to life but I only have a macbook available to me to ...
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Deleted /usr/bin/env by mistake, how can I recover it?
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 X64, I deleted my /usr/bin/env file by mistake. How could I restore this?
Also I copy a file as /usr/bin/dev, I don't know if I originally had a file called /usr/bin/dev. If ...
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Unable to login Ubuntu. How can I recover it?
I was trying to setup and ssh server with chrooted and after getting tired of no results and permission issue I ran the following command resulting in a screen that as soon as I enter my user and ...
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How do I recover files from an Ubuntu partition for which I am not the “owner”?
Good day,
I've recently experienced an odd problem where for reasons that escape me my graphics configuration has been corrupted. I've tried going through the menu option that I am offered ...
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I want to get rid of Ubuntu and boot my Windows 8 partition
I've installed Ubuntu many times but since I purchased a new laptop (Lenovo Y580) I wanted to try Ubuntu 12.10 amd64 on it. So, without knowing what was UEFI nor GPT I installed it and everything was ...
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Partition: Read error
My laptop came to a grinding halt. On reboot, I got grub, which failed to load linus. I managed to get an initramfs prompt once but no further that way. Using LinuxLive USB Creator and a ...
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unformat formatted hdd [closed]
I am very new to linux. As I wanted to install Ubuntu 7.10 in my laptop, (Which already contains Windows 7) while installing I'd chosen 'Use entire HDD option'. So Ubuntu had formatted my entire HDD. ...
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Booting system without full network configuration
I was trying to solve internet problems, and seem to have made things worse: Now when I start the computer it gets stuck on "Booting system without full network configuration".
Does anyone know how ...
