backup killed my boot

[gotis]

I tried to backup and ran out of space. Now I can't boot Mint. I get error msg "The configuration defaults for Gnome power manager have not been installed correctly. Please contact your computer administrator."
I do not have a computer administrator.
I need your help.
I was running Mint 9

Thanks in advance.

[DataMan]

Would be helpful if you would share specifics on what/how you "backed up".

-DataMan

[gotis]

Would be helpful if you would share specifics on what/how you "backed up".

-DataMan

I used the default backup program in the menu to backup my home folder. I thought I intended to save the backup file to my desktop, but there's no new file.

I had received a low disc space warning, made more room and continued with the backup.

I suppose that I could save as much as I can and then upgrade, but I'm hoping there's an easy fix.

That's all there is to it really, but let me know if you need more info

Thanks

[Flemur]

"I used the default backup program in the menu to backup my home folder. "

I'm not sure how to fix your problem, but for future reference the "mintbackup" (or "mintBackup" - I have both, different size files, tho they act the same) program is bad news (Edit: as you discovered!)

A better way to backup your /home/yourname directory is:

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$ cp -a /home/yourname /destination/.

[gotis]

Ok, good to know.

Anybody have any easy way to get my OS running again?