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The term restore can refer to bringing back data into a database. It is often done during a recovery session. In the context of Operating Systems like Windows, the term system restore is often used to bring the OS to an older state that worked well.

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Restore deleted desktop files

Incidentally, I have run a command in the terminal sudo rm -rf ~/Desktop and all my files/icons in the desktop are gone. I tried some tools like testdisk and foremost to restore the files but they don'...
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Restoring backups failing Ubuntu 16.04

I'm struggling to restore backups from an older installation of Ubuntu to a new installation on Ubuntu 16.04. I get the following error when trying to restore: Failed with an unknown error Followed ...
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How to restore Ubuntu to a previous date?

Is there something like Windows System Restore on Ubuntu? I'm talking about putting the system back to a past time, when the system worked fine. If there is something like that, where is it, and how ...
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Dimming in ubuntu 14.04

I 've tried to find solution in askubuntu but I couldn't. how can I restore dimming before monitor is going to sleep? It was useful in 12.04. While wathing films I could see that it is going to sleep ...
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I can't restore backup from external HD after fresh installation of Ubuntu 14.04

Before reinstalling, I backed up to not one, but two different hard drives. Reinstalled, updated with software updater, rebooted. Connected external hd, opened up backups, selected drive and folder (...
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Restore not working

I'm new to Linux- (trying to leave Windows 10 with my customers and seeking alternatives besides iOS) I have been working with Ubuntu for 4 months and have spread it to my first customers, but ...
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What is for Ubuntu phones the equivalent to booting from a live USB?

Is there a feasible method to boot Ubuntu Touch - on a bq E5 - to bootfrom the mmc card or a USB device ? I am searching for the equivalent to similar methods of desktop Linux, in order to: - copy/...
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The startup menu has vanished from my Ubuntu desktop. Now I can't restore factory settings

Startup menu does not show - cannot restore factory settings or shut down without pressing the shut down button. Amongst other problems that have recently popped up out of nowhere, the menu in the ...
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How to restore data on the partition installed Ubuntu 15.04

On my laptop, I have a NTFS partition to contain my data. I decide to use Ubuntu 15.04. During the installation, I've made a big mistake, I've chosen the DATA partition instead of the partition ...
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How to restore deleted file?

Guy's I'm here with another problem.I delete my most important folders.It is also delete from trash folder.How do i restore.If anyone know where those files is please help.
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How to backup maas database

Is there any recommended way to backup/restore maasdb ? I tried simple dump, then reinstall and restore but i ended up with 2 clusters, one which was disconnected with nodes and one connected but with ...
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regenerate iptables from "iptables -L"after disk failure

My system disk failed catastrophically. I've replaced and mostly restored the OS on a new disk but all I have for my iptables is the output from iptables -L. Is there a way to automatically recreate ...
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How can I restore folders from an external hard drive using my ubuntu computer?

I have lost my back ups on my external hard drive. I think I accidentally deleted the back ups. Possibly using shift+delete, I am not sure. I have searched online for tools that restore data, but ...
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Regarding restoration of data via Deja Dup

I recently had a crash while upgrading to 15.04 and lost all my data. I had to reinstall ubuntu from scratch to resolve this. However, I used to back up data regularly via deja dup. Is it possible to ...
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I can't find my apps

I recently backed up ubuntu and removed its partition. Then created a new partition which is larger. I restored the backup and only got my documents.I used the default backup application, I just ...
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Screwed up partitioning, are my old files redtorable?

i recently started looking into ubuntu and wanted to install it on my laptop (lenovo T430s). When i was using the installer it asked me if i wanted to make a "swap partition" or something like that. I ...
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Error during migration of /home to a separate partition - not able to log in anymore

I was trying to move my home directory to a partition on my hard drive, as shown by this tutorial: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Partitioning/Home/Moving I can only log into the guest account, so ...
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Unable to boot Windows without flash drive in computer

I recently attempted to install ubuntu 14.04 on a usb flash drive so I can use it on the go. I burned the iso to a cd and booted it by doing try ubuntu without installing and then I clicked install ...
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Is an Ubuntu Restore possible?

I would like to take a complete snapshot of my current Ubuntu 14.10 system, much like a Nandroid backup on Android phones. Is there a utility which allows one to backup the current system as it is, ...
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Defect display driver

I've encountered a quite serious problem with my Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. My display driver is defect and I really need this one file on the desktop. The display will turn black whenever I start Ubuntu. Is ...
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Xubuntu 14 backup and reinstall or make /home folder

I am dual-booting win8 and xubuntu 14, but I only gave xubuntu 30gb space and decided to make it my primary os now. I shrinked my windows volume and managed to free up around 300gb space.Now I would ...
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How to backup and restore sources when upgrading to a newer version?

If I copy/paste the /etc/apt dir or just sources.list for that matter to a newer version, I will still have sources named for the old version (saucy for axample) which is not right. For example: deb ...
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Help to restore perfect installation from Windows share or how to reinstall gnome with no effects 14.04

Please bear with me....I've been struggling for months using 12.04 with fading windows, extremely slow loading of web pages in Firefox, just an overall bad experience. I'm using an older Dell D620 ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 Periodical System Image Backup

I'm running Ubuntu 14.04 on a 32GB mSATA drive with a mechanical drive dedicated to Windows and a data partition. I've spent a lot of time setting up my install with things like Android Studio, ...
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Backup and restoration of USB-modem functionality

The laptop with USB modem is in another city with my elder relative. The laptop has dual boot with XP and Ubuntu. Modem works in XP. The modem did work in Ubuntu but not anymore. I cannot fix the ...
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Error when boot: Could not write bytes: broken pipe

Good day, I see there are various questions about the same topic but it looks like the cause are somewhat different. I tried tor resolve my problem by looking and trying some of the solutions but ...
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Restore Failed : Failed with an unknown error

I am trying to restore my data to a new hard drive from my old hard drive. I created a backup on the old hard drive. When I restore it gives me the error "Restore Failed: Failed with an unknown error"....
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Backintime cannot find my snapshots

My Hard Drive failed and I had to do a fresh install of Ubuntu (13.10). Fortunately (maybe) I had backed up most of the folders from /etc and /home using Backintime (root). I installed BIT on the new ...
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How to recover user data missing after reset of computer

I was trying to figure out how watch 4oD (as like many people it just loads forever and never actually plays anything) so I used the help on this page: 4oD (UK) - Can't stream I started with this:...
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After ubuntu upgrade the cursor of the mouse is no more displayed

I have just upgraded ubuntu and restarted. The problem is that when ubuntu started the cursor was no more displayed. I know that it is there because when I pass over a link it is underlined or when I ...
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How can I backup the whole system status (not documents)?

I want to backup my system status, like Installed Packeges What's on my sidebar Grub Settings Kernel... in order to restore it in case of system crash. I don't care about my document, music, files ...
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Unable to boot after restoring disc image

I bought a new SSD and wanted to restore my previous Ubuntu install. I used gnome's disk utility tool to create the image on an external hard drive. Once I was done installing Ubuntu through a live ...
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Firefox won't start after updating. How to restore the previous version without losing profile data?

Firefox won't start after updating to version 123.0. At the same time, no errors will appear, and there is also no specific crash report that would help understand the reason. How to restore the ...
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All of my files has been disappeared

Dear friends yesterday I came against with a problem that never have been faced the last 15 years I use Ubuntu. I was trying to repair linux-image-header 6.5.0.1 because a had dpkg warning message ...
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If I full backup with root directories and lose owner of ext4 USB what can I recover?

If I use an ext4 USB and back up like my home which has root owned stuff, can I read all of it if I lose what user was used to own that USB and write to it? What about regular files under like my ...
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Can rsync backup on ext4 USB be as good as system image?

With I have an Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS desktop with Ubuntu Pro Lenovo Thinkpad T460 and a program that backs up and restores all timestamps and group and owner, would a backup with rsync with maximum ...
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Firefox (snap) in Kubuntu 22.04 fails to restore session upon start

There are some questions about FF either not saving or failing completely to restore a previous session, but they do not cover my problem: When I start FF (119.0b9 (64-bit)), it tells me it cannot ...
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What is the best way to recover deleted zip files from a specific path when rlinux, photorec can't find them?

What is the best way to recover deleted zip files from a specific path ? I have 2 zip files previously stored in an ext drive in /dev/sda3 to be cut&pasted to home/user/Documents. These zip files ...
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fresh install 22.04 lts deja dup restore "no backup files found"

i have a confirmed backup of my old laptop image. deja dup does recognise the backup hard-drive and folder on fresh install of 22.04 LTS on new laptop.. but the deja dup on new install says 'no ...
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how to restore ubuntu 22.04 graphics?

I am using ubuntu 22.10 I was installing something when I ran this command by mistake: ‍‍‍‍‍‍sudo apt-get install libsdl-image1.2 libsdl-image1.2-dev guile-2.0 guile-2.0-dev libsdl1.2debian libart-2.0-...
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Can't restore heavy folder from trash in Ubuntu 22.04

all, and thanks in advance for any help. I'm trying to restore a heavy folder (mostly media files; 1.3TB out of a 2TB internal ssd) from Trash in Ubuntu 22.04, with no success so far. -If I try ...
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restore server or snapshot tool for students practices

greetings, I am facing a scenario of educational practices, I want to put a server with ubuntu server 22.04 with a basic configuration, after groups of students start to install programs and make ...
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Accidentally removed /var folder then turned off

I did something even dumber than this post, which accidentally removed the /var folder. I then turned off the computer. Now, I can't turn back in. When booting, it stays blocked at /var/lib/snaps/...
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System removed all packages after trying to install a new one on updated Kubuntu

Today I updated stable system Kubuntu 20.04 to Kubuntu 22.04. It was successfully and looked fine. But I noticied that I don't have Steam and tried to install by command: sudo apt install steam This ...
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Just upgraded to 22.04, "Backups" from previous version keeps crashing

I recently used Backups to back up all my data from an older version of Ubuntu, then upgraded to 22.04 lts. There are some large folders within this back up and whenever I try to restore even one ...
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How to reinstall (a large group of) packages

My main system (Xubuntu 20.04.) is in deep trouble. I see no hardware problems, but only very basic things are working. Web is down. My RAID is down. Several other things are flakey. I don't know ...
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How do I restore system with backups not timeshift?

I updated to the new version recently. Now I have no internet connections appearing (with Ethernet connected). And I am looking for a solution that uses the “backups” application. As I assumed that I’...
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How to restore a file content which wasn't saved properly?

Somehow several days ago I didn't save a very important .txt file draft and now this file is empty. What to do to restore its content, because I can't seem actually to google a solution ?
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Backup encrypted Ubuntu LUKS/LVM partition, then replace a new LUKS/LVM partition with it

Since a number of days, a Ubuntu 20.04 machine won't boot. Its internal drive has 3 partitions, and the boot problem seems to come from partition 1 and/or 2: /dev/nvme0n1p1, EFI system partition, ...
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backup using backups in preparation for installing LTS 22 (suitability?)

I'm wanting to do a clean installation of LTS 22 onto my box (desktop Thinkpad x220) and was seeking a best practice advice. I just tested the ISO installer and all good there. I have just used the &...
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