Need urgent help recovering encrypted home folder !!

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Need urgent help recovering encrypted home folder !!

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hey i need help recovering a encrypted home folder from a ubuntu 10.04 partition. i am unable to boot the ubuntu partition :( so i will be using a linux mint live cd to try and recover the folder. Really need this recovered as it contains all my files (photos, videos, documents) and me being a noob i 4got to make any backups :x
i remeber the username and password and have recorded the passphrase as well on a usb drive. I want to recover the home folder then copy/move it onto a external hard drive.
ive tried a few tutorials but no luck so far.
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Re: Need urgent help recovering encrypted home folder !!

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heres a link 2 my post on ubuntuforums as this forum seems dead most of the time http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php? ... ost9530229
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