files missing after desktop repaired.

[Devapea]

Think I did this right. The file was too big so sent the url.

[mikeflan]

Apparently there is a size limit at termbin. Now try the same command, but without the -a option:

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ls -lR /home/admin1 | nc termbin.com 9999

And while we are here, do this one too:

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ls -lR /home/admin1/Documents | nc termbin.com 9999

[Devapea]

https://termbin.com/i4ca

[Devapea]

https://termbin.com/xezi

[mikeflan]

computer repair guy did a stellar job at upgrading my desktop but now my files on 2 hard drives are missing. No photos, docs, videos,etc.

I see photos:
/home/admin1/Pictures
/home/admin1/Dropbox/Photos

Songs:
/home/admin1/Music

Videos:
/home/admin1/Dropbox/Camera Uploads:

Docs
/home/admin1/Documents:
/home/admin1/Downloads:
/home/admin1/Downloads/Eloston-ungoogled-chromium-c88e7ec

Desktop files:
/home/admin1/Desktop:

Patch files
/home/admin1/Downloads/Eloston-ungoogled-chromium-c88e7ec/patches/core/ungoogled-chromium

[Devapea]

Yes these I just put on there. Ive got or I had a ton more videos, music, programs, photos, etc and I dont see.
screenshot shows the 2 other drives which seem to barely have anything on them. Just wondering if theyre on another partition or hidden somewhere cuz Im still baffled.

[mikeflan]

We expect both Gparted and Disks to show all your partitions, even if they are unallocated space. If you know your disk sizes you can calculate if there is any missing space that is not shown in Gparted and Disks.

For some people it makes sense to use most of your disk space - for backup, if nothing else.
Here are my disks:

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$ df -h | grep sd
/dev/sda1       469G  223G  222G  51% /
/dev/sdb2       7.3T  6.7T  233G  97% /media/mike/bu1
/dev/sdc1        11T  9.5T  805G  93% /media/mike/main1
/dev/sdd2       3.7T  3.4T  330G  92% /media/mike/mapbu1

[Devapea]

My 1000 gb disk
936 gb are free.
20 gb apparently taken up by the linux mint OS
There's still 93.5 gb taken up by unknown.

The rootMX19 drive is also a mystery.
491.2 gb total
32.5 gb are used
458.7 gb free.
12.5 gb are taken up by unknown.

How do I solve the mystery.
Thank you.

[Devapea]

[mikeflan]

20 gb apparently taken up by the linux mint OS

Where are you getting that 20 GB figure from? I think it is more likely that your OS is taking the whole 32.5 GB on the rootMX19 drive. Generally people keep their data in /home/YOU/ If you look in there and it is empty, then the OS is probably taking up the whole 32.5 GB.

It's possible, but unlikely, that you accidentally moved your files to another location on the same partition.

You should backup your files. If you don't you will lose the data some day. I say it is best to lose them earlier, instead of later. Backup well and you probably won't lose the data.

[Devapea]

looking into how much space is taken up by Linux mint OS

Ive attached screenshot of where I found info

[decrepit]

That's about a decade old, operating systems have grown since then.