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Questions tagged [recovery]

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How can I restore a lost Chrome session?

Computer shut down on me and the restore previous session button didn't work. Is there a file that shows previous session URLs? I remember hearing about this a while ago. Any help is appreciated thanks
Alan Mendoza
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Kali linux failed after upgrade

My Kali stopped working after upgrade. I run it in recovery mode, and it seems that basic communication (http) packages have some problem. When I try wget or curl I get: relocation error /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgnutls.so.30: symbol…
Gari BN
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Why is this data seemingly gone?

This question is a bit long, but people often prefer to have all the details instead of being required to ask for them, so I've included as much detail as possible. I received a frantic call from a friend who had just accidentally deleted their…
Amazon Dies In Darkness
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How to recover unsaved file within Visual Studio Code?

VS Code crashed without saving - how do I get back the code contents? I've already checked, but didn't find the file: %AppData%\Code\Backups
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Where are Notepad temp/unsaved .txt files located?

Since Windows 11 (or maybe earlier) Windows Notepad internally stores unsaved files so if the application (or Windows) crashes they will be still there later. For example, Notepad++ stores those temp files…
golimar
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KB5034441 and changing the recovery partition starting offset in order to be able to enlarge it

I was getting an error on Windows update (security update KB5034441 was failing with Retry...retry...retry...) and that led me to forum postings on the internet where people were saying it was because the recovery partition was too small and it…
Tim
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MacOS Recovery error: "The recovery server could not be contacted"

"The recovery server could not be contacted" is thrown, when attempting to reinstall MacOS. Laptop: MacBook Pro 2016, https://support.apple.com/kb/SP748?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US Accessed via "Command-R". Guides suggest to check internet…
Aleksejs Spiridonovs
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"Move" confirmation dialog in File Explorer?

Windows 10. I have Tourette's and occasionally when moving the mouse I'll click it. Every once in a while I get unlucky and have a File Explorer window open and accidentally drag some random folder to some random place. The only way I can really…
Jason C
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Tab recovery from a corrupt Chrome Last Session?

Chrome crashed and I lost ~100 tabs. The tabs don't appear in history and I'm not able to restore them by renaming my Last Session file to Current Session in AppData/Google/UserData/Default, it just opens a new blank tab. I have created a backup of…
Steven
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Windows 10 suddenly unable to start. Recovery tools not working and file recovery needed

I have a Dell Inspiron laptop with Windows 10. Today, it was working normally when suddenly the internet went out. I thought it was the whole network since it usually is, but I realized it was just this computer. I figured a restart would fix it.…
tonyd1234
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Recovery on an ancient version of my TexStudio file

I am writing both my PhD manuscript and a scientific paper. Instead of writing the latter in Overleaf, I chose to do it on my TexStudio. I made a huge mistake of copy/paste the template of the paper to the second chapter (that took me three months…
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How to delete a Folder as if it hasn't existed at all

As the title says, not only I want to completely erase it's bits and bytes from the disk but also it's trace on file system, so NO Undelete software can show that it HAD been there at all. There are good software that will do the first task (…
BHP
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Is “clean all” in “Diskpart” totally secure erasure method for SSD, HDD, USB flash drives and other storage device?

I found on the Internet that if you use Diskpart with clean all command you can erase disk so that the data won't be recoverable. And from my experience it is true, because having done this with my USB flash drive, I used Disk Drill to scan it and…
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Recovery mode or boot USB for an Apple iMac 20" A1224 (2009)

Recently found an Apple iMac 20" A1224 (2009) on the side of the road and want to wipe and reinstall (don't know former user password). I'm using a regular wireless keyboard (is this the problem?) and Command+R does not respond. I have tried a few…
joepank
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Fastest and easiest way to recover large amount of specific files from Windows Recycle Bin

Problem I am using Windows 10. Due to a file sync error I deleted over 11,000 files. They are now in the Recycle Bin. I have tried selecting the files I want to recover and recovering through the Recycle Bin (using the button marked 'restore…
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