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minus-squarea14o@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·15 days agoIf you have backups, reinstall. If you don’t, boot a “live CD” USB stick and make a backup, then reinstall. Then think about how this happened and how to avoid it in the future: I tried updating Kubuntu to the newest version, and it got screwed up the first time,
minus-squarewebghost0101@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-215 days agoSomething i recently learned: Your live usb does not need to be the same distro as your main. (And in retrospect that makes total sense but i never realized) My arch install broke and could not get timeshift to roll back using the arch live usb. But a ubuntu-desktop live usb worked flawlessly.
minus-squarea14o@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·15 days agoYes, for data recovery you really just need something to access the drives.
If you have backups, reinstall.
If you don’t, boot a “live CD” USB stick and make a backup, then reinstall.
Then think about how this happened and how to avoid it in the future:
Something i recently learned:
Your live usb does not need to be the same distro as your main. (And in retrospect that makes total sense but i never realized)
My arch install broke and could not get timeshift to roll back using the arch live usb. But a ubuntu-desktop live usb worked flawlessly.
Yes, for data recovery you really just need something to access the drives.