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updating ubuntu 9.04 failure

Asked by kobusvw

If been able to upgrade to ubuntu 8.10, two day ago I received a message to upgrade to ubuntu 9.04. The upgrade went well installation seems to be ok, at finish a message come up on cleaning up asking me if I want to keep 76 files to clean up or remove, so I opp for remove.... it ask to restart and I pressed ok...that was the end of my ubuntu. I seems to restart ok but then it just leaves the monitor with two ubuntu Icons and that it. I've tried to repair from and ubuntu 8.10 cd but on restart it stays with the two icons
Help on how to get it going would be very helpful, I can receive in English or Spanish.

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kobusvw (kobusvw) said : 		#1

What would happen if I reinstall ubuntu 8.10 from cd, will I loose my documents and personal files ect. Thanks

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

have you tried booting to recovery mode (esc at grub) and seeing if you can startx from there

if you reinstall, make sure you backup the files from /home. if your /home is on a seperate partition, you have no cause to worry as you can simply wipe /. The standard install does not configure this way (which i think is rubbish of ubuntu)

just backup your data (you should have a backup anyway if the data is important) then reinstall if the notion takes you.

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kobusvw (kobusvw) said : 		#3

not posible to recovery, how to do

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kobusvw (kobusvw) said : 		#4

not posible to back up, and I don't have partitions, would like know how to get through to /home

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

Well you should have a backup. What would you do if the hard drive failed? Your data is unimportant and disposable

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