So I have killed my machine. Reinstalls were always (relatively hassle free) and I think I got a little complacent and didn't back up properly and really screwed this one.
My 11.10 died a couple days back. I somehow did a typo (I think) and installed TeXLive on my root folder - anyway, it totally filled up my root and then my computer wouldn't boot up at all.
So, I have a windows, home, root,boot, swap partitions on my harddrive (500 gig - vostro 3400). I tried to do a fresh install and reformat the root and boot - everything seemed to be going great. Then there was a 144 error (or something - I didn't think it was a big deal and I would just try again) but I lost all of my partitions and am now getting a grub rescue when I boot up.
Is all I can do is whip the entire hard drive and start from scratch? Sucks, I think I lost some nice videos of my 1 year old. STUPID complacency. Crap.
Thanks all.
My 11.10 died a couple days back. I somehow did a typo (I think) and installed TeXLive on my root folder - anyway, it totally filled up my root and then my computer wouldn't boot up at all.
So, I have a windows, home, root,boot, swap partitions on my harddrive (500 gig - vostro 3400). I tried to do a fresh install and reformat the root and boot - everything seemed to be going great. Then there was a 144 error (or something - I didn't think it was a big deal and I would just try again) but I lost all of my partitions and am now getting a grub rescue when I boot up.
Is all I can do is whip the entire hard drive and start from scratch? Sucks, I think I lost some nice videos of my 1 year old. STUPID complacency. Crap.
Thanks all.
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