Ubuntu 17.10 is not booting due to hard disk being full of recovered files
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I'm new to Ubuntu.
Yesterday I accidentally deleted my Virtual Machine Windows 7 (32 bit) in VirtualBox on host Ubuntu 17.10. After that I tried to recover using Testdisk. It's not recovered and another method tried using Photorec it recovered some files but not finished because my hard disk storage not enough. So I stopped after my notebook little bit hangs so that's why Restarted bot right now it's showing
dev/sda2 /30498816 /30457001 files, 121959007 /121965056 blocks
17.10 virtualization data-recovery
edited Mar 1 at 15:12
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I'm new to Ubuntu.
Yesterday I accidentally deleted my Virtual Machine Windows 7 (32 bit) in VirtualBox on host Ubuntu 17.10. After that I tried to recover using Testdisk. It's not recovered and another method tried using Photorec it recovered some files but not finished because my hard disk storage not enough. So I stopped after my notebook little bit hangs so that's why Restarted bot right now it's showing
dev/sda2 /30498816 /30457001 files, 121959007 /121965056 blocks
17.10 virtualization data-recovery
edited Mar 1 at 15:12
Zanna
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What’s your question? What are you trying to achieve?
– David Foerster
Feb 26 at 15:03
1
Some tips: Keep backups, use a trash can / recycle bin instead of straight delete, testdisk should see & recover files and their names, photorec doesn't recover names or folders (everything's in a "big messy pile"). And recovering deleted files onto the same partition will just overwrite anything not yet recovered. Tried freeing some space to get it to boot again?
– Xen2050
Feb 27 at 2:18
Never attempt data recovery to the same partition. You should always work on an image or clone of the drive as discussed here
– Elder Geek
Mar 7 at 19:14
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up vote
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up vote
1
down vote
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I'm new to Ubuntu.
Yesterday I accidentally deleted my Virtual Machine Windows 7 (32 bit) in VirtualBox on host Ubuntu 17.10. After that I tried to recover using Testdisk. It's not recovered and another method tried using Photorec it recovered some files but not finished because my hard disk storage not enough. So I stopped after my notebook little bit hangs so that's why Restarted bot right now it's showing
dev/sda2 /30498816 /30457001 files, 121959007 /121965056 blocks
17.10 virtualization data-recovery
edited Mar 1 at 15:12
Zanna
48.2k13120228
I'm new to Ubuntu.
Yesterday I accidentally deleted my Virtual Machine Windows 7 (32 bit) in VirtualBox on host Ubuntu 17.10. After that I tried to recover using Testdisk. It's not recovered and another method tried using Photorec it recovered some files but not finished because my hard disk storage not enough. So I stopped after my notebook little bit hangs so that's why Restarted bot right now it's showing
dev/sda2 /30498816 /30457001 files, 121959007 /121965056 blocks
17.10 virtualization data-recovery
17.10 virtualization data-recovery
edited Mar 1 at 15:12
Zanna
48.2k13120228
edited Mar 1 at 15:12
Zanna
48.2k13120228
edited Mar 1 at 15:12
Zanna
48.2k13120228
edited Mar 1 at 15:12
Zanna
48.2k13120228
edited Mar 1 at 15:12
Zanna
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asked Feb 25 at 7:24
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What’s your question? What are you trying to achieve?
– David Foerster
Feb 26 at 15:03
1
Some tips: Keep backups, use a trash can / recycle bin instead of straight delete, testdisk should see & recover files and their names, photorec doesn't recover names or folders (everything's in a "big messy pile"). And recovering deleted files onto the same partition will just overwrite anything not yet recovered. Tried freeing some space to get it to boot again?
– Xen2050
Feb 27 at 2:18
Never attempt data recovery to the same partition. You should always work on an image or clone of the drive as discussed here
– Elder Geek
Mar 7 at 19:14
add a comment |Â
What’s your question? What are you trying to achieve?
– David Foerster
Feb 26 at 15:03
1
Some tips: Keep backups, use a trash can / recycle bin instead of straight delete, testdisk should see & recover files and their names, photorec doesn't recover names or folders (everything's in a "big messy pile"). And recovering deleted files onto the same partition will just overwrite anything not yet recovered. Tried freeing some space to get it to boot again?
– Xen2050
Feb 27 at 2:18
Never attempt data recovery to the same partition. You should always work on an image or clone of the drive as discussed here
– Elder Geek
Mar 7 at 19:14
What’s your question? What are you trying to achieve?
– David Foerster
Feb 26 at 15:03
What’s your question? What are you trying to achieve?
– David Foerster
Feb 26 at 15:03
1
1
Some tips: Keep backups, use a trash can / recycle bin instead of straight delete, testdisk should see & recover files and their names, photorec doesn't recover names or folders (everything's in a "big messy pile"). And recovering deleted files onto the same partition will just overwrite anything not yet recovered. Tried freeing some space to get it to boot again?
– Xen2050
Feb 27 at 2:18
Some tips: Keep backups, use a trash can / recycle bin instead of straight delete, testdisk should see & recover files and their names, photorec doesn't recover names or folders (everything's in a "big messy pile"). And recovering deleted files onto the same partition will just overwrite anything not yet recovered. Tried freeing some space to get it to boot again?
– Xen2050
Feb 27 at 2:18
Never attempt data recovery to the same partition. You should always work on an image or clone of the drive as discussed here
– Elder Geek
Mar 7 at 19:14
Never attempt data recovery to the same partition. You should always work on an image or clone of the drive as discussed here
– Elder Geek
Mar 7 at 19:14
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Boot your system and tap Esc after the BIOS screen to enter the GRUB menu, then press e to edit and append init=/bin/bash to the line starting with linux. Press Ctrl+x to boot, log in, and make your filesystem writable via mount -oremount,rw /. Navigate to the folder where the recovered files are and delete them as needed.
Alternatively, you can boot a live CD/USB and delete your recovered files from the live session after mounting your disk.
answered Feb 25 at 8:48
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1 Answer
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Boot your system and tap Esc after the BIOS screen to enter the GRUB menu, then press e to edit and append init=/bin/bash to the line starting with linux. Press Ctrl+x to boot, log in, and make your filesystem writable via mount -oremount,rw /. Navigate to the folder where the recovered files are and delete them as needed.
Alternatively, you can boot a live CD/USB and delete your recovered files from the live session after mounting your disk.
answered Feb 25 at 8:48
dsstorefile1
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up vote
1
down vote
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Boot your system and tap Esc after the BIOS screen to enter the GRUB menu, then press e to edit and append init=/bin/bash to the line starting with linux. Press Ctrl+x to boot, log in, and make your filesystem writable via mount -oremount,rw /. Navigate to the folder where the recovered files are and delete them as needed.
Alternatively, you can boot a live CD/USB and delete your recovered files from the live session after mounting your disk.
answered Feb 25 at 8:48
dsstorefile1
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up vote
1
down vote
accepted
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
Boot your system and tap Esc after the BIOS screen to enter the GRUB menu, then press e to edit and append init=/bin/bash to the line starting with linux. Press Ctrl+x to boot, log in, and make your filesystem writable via mount -oremount,rw /. Navigate to the folder where the recovered files are and delete them as needed.
Alternatively, you can boot a live CD/USB and delete your recovered files from the live session after mounting your disk.
answered Feb 25 at 8:48
dsstorefile1
1,312111
Boot your system and tap Esc after the BIOS screen to enter the GRUB menu, then press e to edit and append init=/bin/bash to the line starting with linux. Press Ctrl+x to boot, log in, and make your filesystem writable via mount -oremount,rw /. Navigate to the folder where the recovered files are and delete them as needed.
Alternatively, you can boot a live CD/USB and delete your recovered files from the live session after mounting your disk.
answered Feb 25 at 8:48
dsstorefile1
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answered Feb 25 at 8:48
dsstorefile1
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answered Feb 25 at 8:48
dsstorefile1
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answered Feb 25 at 8:48
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What’s your question? What are you trying to achieve?
– David Foerster
Feb 26 at 15:03
1
Some tips: Keep backups, use a trash can / recycle bin instead of straight delete, testdisk should see & recover files and their names, photorec doesn't recover names or folders (everything's in a "big messy pile"). And recovering deleted files onto the same partition will just overwrite anything not yet recovered. Tried freeing some space to get it to boot again?
– Xen2050
Feb 27 at 2:18
Never attempt data recovery to the same partition. You should always work on an image or clone of the drive as discussed here
– Elder Geek
Mar 7 at 19:14