Ubuntu 11.10 installation hanged up in the middle.

Asked by José Antonio Rey

I was upgrading from 11.04 to 11.10, and suddenly the installation hanged up, when copying files. First of all, I want to know if I will be able to recover my files. After that, is it secure to turn off the PC by pressing the button which is used to turn it on?

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José Antonio Rey (jose) said :
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Just turned it off. Files were there, when checked from LiveCD.

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kesava (chandran-kesava) said :
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Thats it,you provided your own answer,it will help others too.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said :
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To be sure your system is fully updated/upgraded

be sure you are network wire connected

Open a terminal by pressing ctrl+alt+t
if doesn't work press ctrl+alt+f1 and made login with your user and password, then type:

sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get -f upgrade
sudo apt-get -f dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.