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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Cloning and restoring partitions using GParted
Using Ubuntu 22.04 (dual booting with Windows 10). Boot partition is UEFI (GPT) on an SSD drive.
I want to test some changes to the system (including upgrading to 24.04), but I want a "fail safe&...
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Restore everything after every reboot and lock out
I would like to use Ubuntu in my school. But I have a couple of questions about how to make certain configurations.
I have seen in Windows a program that allows you to reset the user account every ...
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Gitlab self managed instance restore
I have a gitlab ee self managed instance (Version 16.8.1) which is now up and running in a Ubuntu 22.04 LTS server. I have taken full backup of it using.
sudo gitlab-backup create
I got the backup ...
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Restore a single file with deja-dup in Ubuntu 20.04
I tried to restore a single file in Nautilus that I have accidentally overwritten. However, the context-menu entry to restore a (missing) file is no longer there. After some research I found, that the ...
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How do I restore deleted files from rsync?
I used the following command
rsync -avh --progress --remove-source-files --delete /mnt/disk-1/* /mnt/disk-2
I thought that delete would overwrite files in my destination directory. But instead, it ...
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Is there any backup solution host machines that act like saving states in Virtual Machines?
I am looking for a backup solution that is similar to VMWare's or Proxmox saving states.
For example in VMWare/Promox I can save the state of the Virtual Machine then I can mess stuff and revert back ...
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I followed a solution procedure on AskUbuntu, logged out and now all my data is gone (no guest account)
I did the following to get Skype to recognise my headset microphone (which was not working), as shown as a solution on a question on this website:
rm -rf ~/.config/pulse/
Log out
Log back in
go to ...
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How can I restore /etc/apt/keyrings directory? [duplicate]
I am new to Linux, and when I was trying to install postgresql on my ubuntu 22.04, in one of the steps while adding the necessary gpg key, being not accurate it seems I deleted all the gpg files from /...
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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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restore sudo privilege without knowing sudo account [duplicate]
I always access to a test server using an account. But I has done some mess and now the user is no more a root user. I can restore privileges without knowing root credential? How can i solve (at last ...
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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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Copy files from one folder to another
Rather new at Ubuntu so help would be greatly appreciated.
I need time copy basically this media/directoryA/directoryB/any file based on a certain .ext
Then I need to copy that back to music/directory ...
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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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Ive accidentally clicked restore current snapshot, can I cancel this?
I have accidentally clicked 'restore current snapshot' 'ok' instead of closing my last ubuntu session. I closed it immediateley without letting it load and have not opened the VM again but can see its ...
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I'm installing Ubuntu on ten computers in a public space. Are there programs I can use that are similar to Reboot Restore RX (on Windows)?
I'm looking for a program that whenever I restart my computer, it will reset back to a restore point that I can select.
Is there a program that does this?
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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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Unable to Backup Data restored to Google Drive via "Backups" Application. Please help to get my data RESTORED
When I got to know that Ubuntu 23.04 was out, I wanted to try it. I don't know why but previously while I was using Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, I had opted to get notifications for future releases of builds, ...
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how to restore lost sessions, bookmarks and history in Chromium
I'm using Ubuntu 22.04LTS. I've had problems with chromium giving "not responding errors" and freezing up, and greying out. Even only 1 tab open caused the problem. I tried uninstalling and ...
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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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how to restore btrfs snapshot backup of root partition with subvolume for home
I have btrfs over luks over lvm on a physical ssd drive.
I've done some crap with apt and break my system. I want to reverse it to previous state.
When i boot on a live usb and decipher my luks drive ...
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timeshift or equivalent on headless server
I wanted to install timeshift on a headless server. Unfortunately it depends on a mass of GUI that I really don't want polluting a server (for example x11-common etc).
Is there either a way to install ...
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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 to recover Ubuntu GUI? [closed]
I was working in Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial.
I was trying to upgrade from Python 3.5 to Python 3.8.
After doing pip install, I checked python3 --version it was still showing version 3.5.
So, I removed python ...
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How to restore a too large backup
I made a backup of my system using Déjà Dup, and have it stored on an external hard drive. Today the day finally came when I needed it. When I tried to restore all, Déjà Dup timed out. So I tried ...
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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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Restoring OS image after performing disk encryption
I have an Ubuntu 20.04 system which is already in use and requires to have its disk encrypted. I have reviewed some methods to perform encryption after installation. But the general suggestion has ...
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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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How to transfer Ubuntu on WSL from one laptop to another?
New to Linux and Ubuntu. I am trying to transfer my old Ubuntu WSL files to my new Windows 11 laptop.
I have gone through similar questions, but none seems to help my case.
I am trying to clone the ...
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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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I want to have a command (preferred runing from a script) that clears the screen, saves it and restores it later
Save all command and all output (using script across terminals)
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/685165/how-to-clear-the-terminal-in-script-while-restoring-entered-commands-after-scrip
These ...
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How to restore duplicity backup from one hostname to another?
I have been running scheduled backup from my 22.04 on one laptop which saves the files to google drive that is identified by the hostname, as far as I know. Is it possible to restore the content of ...
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I don't have the permission to restore files, using Backups graphically
I've done a backup from the backups app in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
Now, I want to restore those files in a different laptop, with Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
If I try to use the graphical way, I get the warning that ...
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LVM restore configured lv to have more blocks then are available in vg
I recently had a 2TB disk go down due to, albeit, stupidity on my part. Let's just say I won't be working with live power anywhere near my server again. However, I don't have another disk that size, ...
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My laptop (using Ubuntu) is not restarting after I hit restart and a few power off and on attempts as well. Its only showing codes and I cannot figure
I was casually using my laptop and the windows suddenly won't open so I clicked restart and all I see now are codes.and its telling us to format all the existing files and we don't know how to restore ...
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Can you paste the original Ubuntu 20.04 syslog.service file content for me?
While adding a new service to the /etc/systemd/system/ folder, I have accidentally edited the syslog.service file and lost its original content.
Can someone paste the original file content here for me?...
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Boot Repair doesn't work
first at all excuse my English.
I am using Ubuntu 21.10 dual boot with Windows. My problem started when in the Ubuntu terminal I entered the following command:
mv /* /folder/folder
I was in the ...
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restore ubuntu 20.04 to 2 days ago
Can I use /var/backups files to restore my system to its days of 2 days ago?
i see in that folder files like alternative.tar.gz and dpkg.status and many more files, while everything with 2 in it is to ...
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How effective is Deja Dup backups?
I previously used windows and had Acronis TrueImage that took System Image backups periodically. I cannot find any decent System Image backup tool but Deja Dup backup seems to be promising. CloneZilla ...
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After restarting laptop all files gone
I am using 20.04 version. When I restarted my laptop, all of my files were gone. It is like a fresh Ubuntu install on my laptop. The strange thing is that I can see some apps which I installed before. ...
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Backing up Linux using timeshift on an external hard drive
So here I just installed Timeshift on my ubuntu 20.04 LTS. As I was trying to set up the backup of my entire system using timeshift, it shows that I can only save backup data on my primary partition. (...
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Repair Ubuntu after uninstall of libjpeg
I had installed libjpeg9 manually at some point, because it was a dependency of some custom compiled project. I didn't need it anymore and wanted to remove it. I also saw some other libjpeg packages ...
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