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recover files

Asked by toddq

I had a lot of trouble when I attempted to upgrade to Ubuntu LTS. I have to boot from a CD. At this point, I would be happy to just recover the files from the disk and do another install. Is there a way to recover my files? I can see some of them but other folders state that the files are unreadable and when I click on the folder it says that I do not have the necessary permissions .Is there a way to recover these files?

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Old_Soldier (charles.davis) said : 		#1

you can easily recover your files by booting with a live cd and then copying them to a usb stick or another partition. If you need further help fell free to reply here or on the Ubuntu community forums. http://www.ubuntuforums.org/

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toddq (toddq) said : 		#2

What do you do if you have encrypted files?

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Book 'em Dano (heymrdjd) said : 		#3

This website helped me retrieve encrypted data: http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7568/3/

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