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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/18/2014 08:55 AM, Adrian Blake
wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Using
Lubuntu 14.04. After a software update/reboot yesterday could
not access my desktop. Can still access the GRUB menu. How can I
get my desktop back? I want to back up my files before anything
else unexpected happens!<br>
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Adrian:<br>
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If the live-CD will run (or a live-CD of a prior level) will run on
the machine, you can access the files on your hard-disk, and copy
them somewhere to save them. I have several times rescued files
from a non-bootable system that way. <br>
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You could use gparted to even re-size a partition and create a
partition from the freed-space, though re-sizing introduces an
element of risk. <br>
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A high-capacity USB drive, or a USB external hard-disk would be a
good place to copy things to.<br>
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You won't be able to use the CD/DVD drive to copy-to if you're using
it for the live CD/DVD. Of course, a live-USB system would make
writing to CD/DVD an option. <br>
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Sincerely,
Aere</pre>
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