Any way to recover files from previous OS

[bitgael]

I screwed up badly. I backed up everything to my cloud account before I installed mint, but I forgot to write down my cloud password somewhere. I had it written down in a file on my old filesystem (ubuntu), is there any way to recover files from it?

[catweazel]

Only if your files are on another disk. If the files were on the same partition that you've installed Mint to then it's highly unlikely anything recoverable remains.

[phd21]

Hi "bitgael",

Welcome to the wonderful world of Linux Mint and its excellent forum!

I just read your post and the good replies to it. Here are my thoughts on this as well.

Which "cloud" provider are you using? Some cloud providers might have a password recovery option, others do not. For instance, my "mega.nz" cloud provider does not have a password recovery option, but they do have an option to export and or save your password key to a file which of course you should backup or copy to a safe place.

It is always a good idea to use a Password Manager like KeePassXC, or KeePassX, or KeePass2, to store important passwords and information, and to put a copy of that password database file onto a USB flash drive stick.

And even if you use a cloud provider, it is still a good idea to backup to an external USB hard drive or large enough USB flash drive stick.

Good luck ...

Hope this helps ...

[bitgael]

Yeah, hindsight is 20/20 and all but I should have had a more convenient backup media and/or a password manager The cloud provider I'm using don't have the ability to reset keys as a security precaution.

I tried a list over ~100 likely passwords, but none of them worked. I guess I'll just have to start again on the projects I lost.

[kc1di]

Hi bitgael and Welcome to Linux Mint Forums,

Sorry about your loss of files. I know how fustrating that can be as I've experienced that in the past. But at least we can learn from our mistakes and Back up everything important in the future including passwords