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Questions tagged [rescue]

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How to recover this btrfs error?

I have a btrfs file system that cannot be mounted anymore. I resetted the computer and after boot a Java process crashed, showing a core dump with much btrfs stuff on the stack. After that happened, the computer was basically unusable, as starting…
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Remove Grub Rescue and boot straight to Windows 10

I installed Kali alongside my Windows10. I decided to uninstall Kali, so deleted the partitions and used EasyBCD to restore back to Windows MBR. Upon boot Grub rescue still loads. So I ran a live Ubuntu and ran boot-repair which also didn't remove…
Ryan
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Best way to backup a laptop with a failing hard drive?

The laptop in question has a hard drive that is beginning to have corrupt sectors. It's to the point where Windows won't boot b/c a system file has fallen victim. I'm sure that the drive needs to be replaced, no point messing with something flaky,…
JustJeff
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Recover truecrypt partition without MBR + recovery disk?

I destroyed my mbr and have no truecrypt rescue disk. However, I do know my password and my encryption setup (e.g. hashing functions and ciphers used). This happened after an upgrade to version 7.0a of truecrypt. I still have the old bootloader for…
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grub rescue mode on kali linux (usb flash)

Trying to create Kali Linux live USB persistance. Split the usb like this: || first part FAT for data || second part FAT for LINUX || third part for persistance|| Then set "bootable" flag in gparted on /dev/sdb2 Format: mkfs.vfat -n linux…
Михаил Загурский
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Truecrypt Rescue disk unique for each system?

I want to decrypt an external USB harddrive wich I have encrypted using Truecrypt system encryption. I want to use a laptop for this which harddrive is also system encrypted using Truecrypt. Both are encrypted with the same password. When I boot…
jimmy
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Can't access BIOS or boot my Windows

I had Ubuntu 12.04 + Windows 7 installed, I didn't like Ubuntu hence I deleted the partition. But I forgot to fix the MBR. Also I cannot access the mutiboot option using F12 at startup. So when I start, I get the Lenovo screen with F2, F12 options…
Tie Lon
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How boot custom ISO within Rescue Mode (or not) in a OVH VPS

I need to boot a custom ISO in OVH VPS, but i don't know how, the iso I need to boot is from FreePBX. Right now the VPS is in Rescue Mode. So, how to boot the FreePBX ISO Image in my OVH VPS if already installed an distro like CentOS 6?
DiogoSaraiva
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Xubuntu system broken after copying files

I was trying to copy files from one directory to another while keeping permissions for the files. The files in question where part of a rootfs built for armhf as I was trying to get 14.04 to run on my ASUS TF201. Problem is that while copying the…
PMunch
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Backup mysql from files

I have problems running MySQL (I'm in rescue disk and can't run anything) and I would like to backup up the databases from the system files because I'm planning on formatting the system. How can I do that? Thank you.
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I took an image from entire hard disk of a real PC running linux FC4 and try to run it under virtual box but grub freezes all the time

I am trying to run an image which I took from an actual PC (cpu = intel/motherboard=unknown to me/ os = FC 4/ RAID disk controller) and I want to run that image under virtual machine (vmware/virtualbox/virtual SCSI disk controller/cpu=amd) and all…
Vahid Hashemi
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ddrescue 2gb USB onto reiserfs partition

I have rescued my 2gb usb stick in nearly two days onto an 100gb blank reiserfs partition with these two commands: ddrescue -f -n /dev/sda /dev/sdb8 logfile ddrescue -d -f -r3 /dev/sda /dev/sdb8 logfile since I did not know what to do next, I tried…
panny
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Windows 11 stuck in light blue screen (not BSOD) boot loop

This has happened to me 3 times on 2 separate computers. Something happens (I don't know what yet) and Windows stops booting properly. It gets past the BIOS boot screen, the screen goes light blue (like the default background, but with no mouse…
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May I enable the F8 key function on Windows from Linux?

I have Windows 10 pro installed on C and it boots but I can no longer access it (the login bar doesn't appear); I want entering the system on safe mode but the F8 doesn't work, I guess it might be disabled by default since I'm on Win 10. I have a…
franz1
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accidentally deleted my main partition during ddrescue

I bought a new raspberry pi and followed a turorial to install the system. I worked on my main PC station and I ran this command: sudo ddrescue -d -D --force ubuntuXXXX.img /dev/sda What happened next is I restarted my PC and it said it can not find…
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