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How can I prevent the time change that happens after using the root shell in recovery mode?

I frequently make backups of my home folder by using the root shell in Ubuntu's recovery mode. However, after doing this, the time has changed a couple of hours, both on Ubuntu and Windows. It happens ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 recovery mode root shell has no internet connection

I'm debugging some things on my computer and I boot into recovery mode from the grub menu. Then it gives me a bunch of options on what to do next, and I select the one that drops it to a root shell. ...
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Can't Enter Password in Recovery Mode

When I go into recovery mode to get to the command line, I enter "telinit 3" to drop out of root. This works on my desktop, but on my laptop it asks for my username and password, then I hit enter and ...