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    I think I've minced my Home Directory

    Wait. The Timeshift files are from 2022; So as of yet, I'm not sure I've recovered the files I am looking for. This is just an attempt to free up disk space so I can carry out other fixes.
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    I think I've minced my Home Directory

    Thanks Alexzee - I'm running through it now. Hoping to find something.
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    I think I've minced my Home Directory

    Hi Alexzee. Great to hear from you again. Yes, I can copy files. At present I am transferring Timeshift files to a USB key.
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    I think I've minced my Home Directory

    I never said you were.
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    I think I've minced my Home Directory

    Windows stopped booting ages ago, before this saga. I think that was because I moved some files between partitions. That's a problem for another day. My quest now is to either boot Linux so I can access my old files or to recover the files.
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    I think I've minced my Home Directory

    I didn't edit the fstab, it became edited. I am presently using a Live USB session. No option to recover. Boot Repair tries but never works. I'm using Linux Mint. Yes, Windows and Linux is on the same HDD.
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    I think I've minced my Home Directory

    I wasn't playing around.
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    I think I've minced my Home Directory

    @Alexzee - I had a look at your tutorial. It is helpful if the contents of my fstab didn't look like this: overlay / overlay rw 0 0 tmpfs /tmp tmpfs nosuid,nodev 0 0 Any idea how to re-write it ? --- I think this will do it. QUESTION: Is there anything here that will prevent me further...
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    I think I've minced my Home Directory

    Hi Alexzee. Thanks for the contribution. Yes, I get that renaming the UUID was not the best decision. At this point I think re-writing the fstab is the way to go. When I try to reboot, I get something to the effect of "can't execute /sbin/init...". Further investigation shows that the the...
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    I think I've minced my Home Directory

    Because a lot of the stuff on the disk was unneeded. Why would I buy a new disk instead of clearing space ? I didn't reinstall, I just cleared old packages. I have some Timeshift backups. but I don't want to use them before I recover whatever media I can. Yes, I do really need encrypted folders.
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    I think I've minced my Home Directory

    Okay - here's a rundown on what has happened so far. 1. I wanted to clear up disk space. So I searched for ways to purge old linux packages and software. I didn't want to blindly delete stuff that I felt I didn't need. 2. The last time I deleted stuff, and moved things between partitions...
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    Fstab file looks like this:

    Thanks mate. This info will come in handy. I hope. I'm going to play around with the flags. That might be causing a problem.
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    Fstab file looks like this:

    Oh, okay. I thought you had noticed something that I had not. Thanks anyway for your input.
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    Fstab file looks like this:

    Thanks mate. Why the winky face ? There are three Windows partitions: the Main one. the Recovery one. the Reserve one. (something Windows must have apparently). I followed this guide when I set up the dual-boot originally. https://itsfoss.com/guide-install-linux-mint-16-dual-boot-windows/...
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    Fstab file looks like this:

    I'm wondering if this looks right:
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