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Power failure during upgrade Cannot continue nor use computer

Asked by Roy F. Matthews

During an upgrade from 14.04 to 14.10 a power failure turned off the computer. It will start but cannot connect to the web nor allow me to use the CD-ROM to reinstall 14.04. Both Firefox and Thunderbird partially load but in broken shapes. I am not proficient using terminal so I do not know if that is even possible. Thank you for any help you may provide

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Best Kendek (nemh) said : 		#1

Just boot the system without GUI (Ctrl+Alt+F1), login in and use
sudo systemback-cli
command (if the systemback-cli package is installed). If this method does not work, boot a Live system (, install Systemback) and perform a system repair with a restore point. Or if you have a Systemback created Live image, just boot and perform a system copy without partition formatting.

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Roy F. Matthews (matthews-royf) said : 		#2

     Thank you for your response. I was able to login and effect a
repair. I appreciate your help, Roy

On Monday, 12 January, 2015 11:46 PM, Kendek wrote:
> Your question #260544 on Systemback changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/systemback/+question/260544
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Kendek proposed the following answer:
> Just boot the system without GUI (Ctrl+Alt+F1), login in and use
> sudo systemback-cli
> command (if the systemback-cli package is installed). If this method does not work, boot a Live system (, install Systemback) and perform a system repair with a restore point. Or if you have a Systemback created Live image, just boot and perform a system copy without partition formatting.
>

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Kendek (nemh) said : 		#3

So the problem is solved. :-)

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Roy F. Matthews (matthews-royf) said : 		#4

Thanks Kendek, that solved my question.