Questions tagged [restore]
Restore refers to making something the way that it once was. Common examples are restoring a backup, restoring preferences, restoring documents, and restoring tabs in a browser.
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How can I guess/calculate the start of an ext4 filesystem missing data in the front and also in the back, including backup superblocks?
Given is an ext4 filesystem that had been corrupted (overwritten) in an unknown amount in the front and in the back:
Approx. 500 MB.
Primary superblock missing.
Some backup superblocks along the ...
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Accidental quick format of VeraCrypt encrypted drive - how to recover [duplicate]
I did an accidental quick format on a VeraCrypt encrypted HD (win10 system) and need to get back to reverse the process or at least recover the data. I've been able to restore the VeraCrypt header and ...
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How to restore the “/home” directory when re-installing Debian?
I use Debian and I backed up my complete /home directory, but my question is, if I reinstall from scratch Debian, what I have to do exactly to use my /home backup?
I delete the actual home and paste ...
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Lost Chrome Tabs After Hibernate – Restore Option Not Working, Cached Data Concerns
I’ve run into a problem with Google Chrome on my Windows 11 laptop and could use some advice.
The Situation:
I had multiple Chrome windows open, with many pinned tabs. These tabs were mainly pinned to ...
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How to restore Event Log Files or view Blue screens without the Event Log Files?
Someone else deleted my Event Logs with the following command:
wevtutil el | Foreach-Object {wevtutil cl "$_"}
I wanted to know whether Blue screens occurred while those people had my PC.
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SDD drive unknown dropped from 500GB to 2GB capacity
Failed migration of OS from HDD to SSD has corrupted my SSD, I can't no longer allocated and ite showing only 2GB, can't find partition recovery or data recovery file, SSD has also tried being ...
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How do I rescue a windows 10 system from a failing SSD
Note Before: This is very similar to "Duplicating a system partition from a SSD with bad sectors" however my boot sector is failing and I don't have a valid windows 10 key.
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Dell ...
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How can I restore a Macrium Image if the image exists but does not show in the Macrium App?
I have a Windows 10 Pro machine and I have created a Macrium RE system drive image on an external drive and want to do a restore. But the MRIMG file does not show in the main application window "...
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Restoring folder names after accidental bulk rename
I accidentally ran a bulk rename command in WSL2 which went below all window 11 folder levels and it started to rename the files to .jpg . I did ran sfc/scannow to correct for any corrupt files and it ...
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Backing up my entire Windows OS and then booting from restored backup [duplicate]
Have just been coming up with a new backup strategy for my Windows systems, as previously i would use the Windows System Image tool very occasionally, however this is quite clunky, and i have heard it ...
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How to restore damaged (mp3?) file
I have been given a file at https://drive.google.com/file/d/10Fqr6Ipu2J8yKU_m3-EMzsVj7XeSYEdV/view?usp=sharing. Opening it from https://hexed.it/ shows that it is likely a mp3 file (based on the ID3 ...
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Bootable External Drive Issue on Apple Silicon M2
Note: It is working Fine on M1 machine.
I've been encountering difficulties with my bootable external drive on my Apple Silicon Mac.
I've tried creating the bootable drive using ASR, Carbon Copy ...
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Possible to backup/restore simultaneously with Ubuntu 22.04 on a LAN/cross-over cable?
I have several identical Dell laptops that came pre-installed with Ubuntu 22.04. I need to set these up for a classroom environment with a VMware guest operating system (Solaris). I managed to get ...
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How to actually restore stock Windows file permissions?
I recently suffered from some kind of MFT corruption that caused all permissions on my entire installation to be wiped. This made the disk "unaccessable" from another Windows installation ...
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Efficient way to list files on a backup with non-zero size?
I have an old HDD that crashed during Windows 10 Update, and it's stuck at 75% update.
I'm now trying to extract the User files from the old HDD, but my extraction method is giving me a large ...
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