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lost files
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 6:17 am
by revilogluck
hey all,
i am using linux mint on a dell laptop and i tried to restore my panel to default, but it seems i have restored the entire system to default and as a result i have lost all my files, photos, movies, documents etc. please please please if anyone can help to recover these files it would be much appreciated. peace x
p.s the code i typed was:
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gconftool-2 --shutdown
rm -rf ~/ .gconf/apps/panel
pkill gnome-panel
Re: lost files
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 6:35 am
by catweazel
The gconf code isn't important. What is important is how you restored your system. Please describe what you did.
Re: lost files
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 7:18 am
by revilogluck
all i did was type the code into terminal and in less then a second everything was reset to default. thanks for the help, i really dont know anything about how it all works
Re: lost files
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 1:10 am
by catweazel
Well, there is no way on this planet that you lost all your 'files, photos, movies, documents etc' from typing in those commands.
Either you're not being clear about what the real problem is or you're not describing everything that you did. What is it that makes you believe the files have been lost?
Re: lost files
Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 4:56 pm
by revilogluck
Sorry for the late reply... That's the thing, i know i couldn't have lost them so quickly. The system is now as it would be if i had just set it up new, with no personal content, so i don't know how i can find my files
Re: lost files
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 4:44 pm
by Zikco
revilogluck wrote:
p.s the code i typed was:
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...
rm -rf ~/ .gconf/apps/panel
...
Umm... that space in the rm command, is that a typo, or is that exactly verbatim as you entered the command into the terminal?
If that's what you typed, your files may be gone forever.