Questions tagged [restore]
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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How to restore .bashrc file?
The terminal shows this when it opens:
bash: /home/atlas/.bashrc: line 73: syntax error near unexpected token `['
bash: /home/atlas/.bashrc: line 73: `if [ -x /usr/bin/dircolors ] ; then '
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How to recover Deleted Files and Folders?
How I can restore files and folders.
I've deleted my home folder recursively. :(
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Backup whole OS
I have to format my entire disk and reinstall Ubuntu.
I have installed a lot of software on my current system. And I will have to reinstall all those updates, drivers and applications too.
Is there ...
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Accidentally removed /bin. How do I restore it?
I was working on a directory named bin. After I was finished, because of the ownership of bin and some files within it I accidentally ran:
sudo rm -r /bin
Instead of:
sudo rm -r bin
It seems that ...
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How would I use tar for full backup and restore with system on SSD and home on HDD?
How would I use tar for full backup and restore with system on SSD and home on HDD?
The existing backup and restore answers don't seem to cover the case where root and home are on separate devices
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How to restore plymouth default theme
I'm a newbie and I've got this issue:
My system has set up debian_5 theme but I want to get rid of it and restore the Ubuntu 11.10 default grub theme/splash/design (as you prefer) that is I think ...
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I run `sudo apt-get remove python2.7`, can I restore my Ubuntu now?
I wanted to remove and reinstall python2.7 interpreter on 12.04
But when I did sudo apt-get remove python2.7, The crazy terminal started to remove everything!!! Any idea how I can restore whatever I'...
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Extract duplicity files manually
I lost the drive, and the Ubuntu OS installed in it, from which I created a backup using Duplicity, and I don't know how to restore the archived files I still keep in another drive. They all follow ...
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How to restore/recreate etc/resolv.conf files
I deleted both the resolvconf folder and the resolv.conf file in /etc by mistake, assuming that resolvconf was causing UCK to fail. Now the application has upgraded, fixing the issue, but it says no ...
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How to restore deleted files in /boot? (vmlinuz missing, system does not boot)
I mistakenly erased one the vmlinuz files in my /boot directory. However, I made a backup of /boot inside /tmp, just to be sure.
Consequently, I cannot boot up, as I get the missing vmlinuz file ...
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How to restore/add previous user account
I've recently fixed a broken installation by reinstalling Ubuntu with a new username, and thankfully my old account survived (yay). Now I'd like to add my old account back to Ubuntu. Note that I'm not ...
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How do I restore MATE panel settings from old backup
I was playing around with the MATE Tweak tool and suddenly a stupid option removed all my panel applets and replaced with a default layout - that thing doesn't even confirm the destructive action ...
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Accidently deleted /usr/lib, how do I restore it?
I know this is something I shouldn't do, but it happened(Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS) as a root user I deleted /usr/lib folder. Any ideas how to restore it?
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How to restore a broken Deja Dup backup manually
For various reasons (possibly this bug) a Deja Dup backup I made failed. I have been following this guide to restore my backup by hand. The steps have been:
In the folder containing the backups run:
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Ubuntu equivalent of system restore? Does it exist?
Ubuntu n00b here.
I have created several disasters of the first order already.
I am getting ready to try to install opera - it is a very long and arduous process. I am afraid - no - I am absolutely ...
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How do I uninstall and remove Ubuntu 11.10? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to remove Ubuntu and put Windows back on?
I installed Ubuntu 11.10 after creating a demo disk from an .iso file. It offered to create a dual boot version where ubuntu ...
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How to read default key value with dconf or gsettings?
I would like to know the default value of a dconf/gsettings key.
My question is a followup of the question below:
Where can I get a list of SCHEMA / PATH / KEY to use with gsettings?
What I'm trying ...
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Where do files rsynced to a host go?
I accidentally rsynced .thunderbird to user@host instead of to user@host:/home/user.
Where is .thunderbird now? Is there a good way to search for the folder?
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Back up the whole ubuntu system or system image creation [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to make a disk image and restore from it later?
In windows back is very easy with Norton ghost. Run it and forget it,
What is the same type of software for backing up the ...
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How to restore Dell M3800 Developer Edition
How do I completely restore Ubuntu to factory on the Dell M3800 Developer Edition? I know that there is some Dell Recovery Linux Tool, but how do I even access it?
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Is there a way to restore a Linux system to a previous state Using BTRFS? as in Windows restore points
Windows restore points...
How to have the same functionality in Ubuntu ? With existing tools like Deja-Dup
I have tried to set up snapshots and got trouble following the instructions.
Is there a ...
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Why is Timeshift not on the official Ubuntu repos?
It has become a standard, isn't there a way to include it in the discover store?
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How to revert to factory settings?
I want to reverse all my Ubuntu modifications and return the system to factory settings. I've installed useless stuff and now I want to uninstall everything I manually installed/factory reset.. Is ...
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Copying Evolution emails from Ubuntu 10.10 to 12.10
I originally had a dual boot configuration of Ubuntu 10.10 and Windows 7.
Suddenly, something happened and I got black screen. I managed to copy my home folder via an Ubuntu live CD.
I then ...
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How do I restore important data for image.dd? Photorec will lose file names and will scatter the information
A few days ago I was in a middle of copying or cutting folders and data to my external hard drive and it was corrupted.
I have tried to locate the lost information on Test Disk but I have now lost it ...
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Ubuntu does not restore user state on power up
When Ubuntu is powered up; it does not restore the open windows and applications that were running at shutdown. Since Ubuntu 18.04 hangs up frequently, it is necessary to power off and on to get the ...
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restore my system
I faced a problem since I've run the commands in link to upgrade from ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS to 20.04. Unfortunately, I couldn't upgrade. Besides, running those commands broke other things from running.
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How to Restore photos on SD card [duplicate]
I deleted 40 some photos from my SD card in my camera. I thought I saved them on my desktop. Using 12.04 LTS. Is there a way to restore the photos?? My wife is pissed. Nothing has been over ...
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Extract a Folder from Duplicity Archive
Using the duplicity command, I need to specify the following:
a specific folder to restore
indicate time and date from which to restore
indicate the destination to restore to
How can I specify these ...
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Duplicity - storage location not available, waiting for Google
I recently upgraded Ubuntu from 17.10 to 18.04 LTS and used my usb key as a backup for my files. Now that I am on Ubuntu 18.04, I have a problem with duplicity. In fact, when I run the restore process,...
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Is it possible to restore a mysql database from the /var/lib/mysql/database folder?
Due to a nightmare that somehow became real, my mysql installation ended up being reinstalled. I couldn't start mysql before the reinstall, so I couldn't use mysqldump to do a proper backup. I did ...
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How to recover deleted folders or files (by shift+delete) from an NTFS partition
I have a 80 GB hdd in which Ubuntu is installed alongside windows. I also have a 500 GB hdd having 3 partitions in which i store my data. Actually i mistakenly deleted a folder permanently in one of ...
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What to do about a corrupted ZFS Pool
Have been running a test instance of a NAS using a ZFS as mentioned in Restoring an Ubuntu Server using ZFS RAIDZ for data.
This week one of my disks died. Shouldn't be a problem, should it (the ...
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Can a Deja Dup backup from Ubuntu be restored on Windows?
My laptop got broken recently (I had Ubuntu on it), and I've backups of my files on external HDD. The problem is that my new laptop has Windows 8 on it and I don't feel like switching to Ubuntu on it ...
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Restore Ubuntu 16.04 without losing files and settings
I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 64 bit. I accidentally deleted some important files while trying to uninstall PostgreSQL and now I can't log in anymore, plus all the icons, even in the login screen, are not ...
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How do I restore default settings and configuration, but keep local data, installed apps, and PPAs?
I'm fairly new to Ubuntu and while messing around with different things and trying out some shells, I've managed to mess my system up. Specifically I really messed up my GNOME session and can't get it ...
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restore Ubuntu's default settings without having to reinstall
I want to restore Ubuntu 12.04 to it's stock configuration, but I don't want to reinstall or reformat my home partition. I don't have a way to backup my files, which is why I don't want to have to ...
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Lost some files after I cut and pasted in Ubuntu 12.04
I cut some files to paste it somewhere else and when I was in the location to paste, the paste option was disabled. I go back to where it was (the source from where I cut the folders) and the files ...
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"Backups" (deja-dup): after installing duplicity 0.8 from source, "Backups" can't find it
When using "Backups" (a.k.a. deja-dup) - it doesn't find duplicity, although it's installed:
I have been trying to backup using "Backups" (a.k.a. deja-dup), and it turns out that the current ...
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Restore individual folders from full backup using duplicity/deja
I have done a fresh install of Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver). I would like to selectively restore some folders from a backup performed using duplicity on Ubuntu 12.04 to avoid overriding my home folder....
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How to restore/recreate etc/nsswitch.conf files
Accidently I corrupted my nsswithch.conf file and now my hosts are not working. How can I restore or recreate it?
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How to back up my entire system and restore on a different machine?
I have a project which needs a lot of packages to be installed (like CUPS, Parse Server, mongoDB, etc) on ubuntu 16.04. My question is : After all installations and configurations, how can i backup ...
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Restore with back in time after fresh install of ubuntu
I back up my home, which includes a list of installed softwares and PPA, on an external hard drive using back in time. I plan to do a fresh install of ubuntu. Will I then be able to install back in ...
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Restore Apple Magic Trackpad 2 settings on Ubuntu
I couldn't solve this problem despite spending many hours (two days), so I decided to ask here.
How can I restore the default settings for the Apple Magic Trackpad 2 when using on Ubuntu?
My problem ...
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What methods are there to restore a deleted theme? file:///usr/share/sddm//themes/breeze/Main.qml:No such file or directory
I'm very new to Linux. I rather like Kubuntu 18.04, but today I managed to break it. Using Discover, I deleted laptop battery controls and hastily agreed to remove a long list of dependencies.
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Is it necessary to keep records of my backups? [closed]
I have been using my Ubuntu 16.10 for over a year now and I have accumulated over 50GB of backups. Since I'm growing out of memory I wonder if this is a good practice to keep all the records of my ...
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Deja-dup "Restore failed - no backups to restore" after clean install of Ubuntu
I have a serious problem.
Earlier today I had to make a clean install of Ubuntu 17.10 on my private computer. I'd hoped that I could easily access the (encrypted) backups I've earlier made with the ...
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Formatted drive recovery
My ubuntu 14.04 got stuck at login and asking for password again and again. I reset my OS and a very important folder from desktop got deleted. Is there any way I could restore it.
Please reply ASAP.
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restore shutdown button on taskbar? How do you restore desktop taskbar in Lubuntu?
Isn't there a way to go back to a default setting for the desktop? An original configuration? How about restoring the shutdown/logoff button in the panel/taskbar?
Just installed Lubuntu (Ubuntu 13.10)...
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How to get the standard GUI settings back
Because I'm not really satisfied with the Gnome3 desktop from U18.04, I want to start experimenting. But, before I go and try all the tips and trics for Gnome3 on the internet, I want to make sure I ...
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