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Questions tagged [recovery]

For questions pertaining to recovery mode.

Recovery mode is a boot option for many operating systems, giving the user access to a rudimentary system to allow the diagnosis and correction of critical errors that are preventing the system from booting normally.

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Restore deleted files on Raspbian Jessie

I mistakenly deleted the files and folder that were whole movies collection on my external drive, the only folder left is 2014, I don't know how. The problem is from shell I ran rm -rfcommand So now I hope there is a way to restore them all, in the…
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I tried to hard wire power to pi 3 b, and smoked the board... File recovery?

I've been using my raspberry pi for about a year now, with Octoprint for my 3d printer. One of the more recent updates started showing it as under-voltaged. Over the last week, it started to cut out, and fail prints. Figuring that this was due to…
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Error on init/boot '/init: line 27: can't create /sys/class/leds/led0/trigger'

Sorry for asking the same question twice, but it seems I can't fix the problem yet. I have a web server running on my pi. One day I found that my server is down and I try to access my pi using VNC and I can't. I plugged in HDMI, keyboard and mouse…
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Is possible to make the backup and the recovery root partition from one to the other?

I have two Raspberry Pi boards. One is a (Pi 1) Model B and the other is a Pi 2 Model B. The Pi 1 Model B is a new one from my friend. I had used the Pi 2 Model B for a long time. I know the hardware ability better on Pi 2 B and I use it as a web…
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TFT LCD installation failed

Connected a 3.5in TFT LCD and ran the LCD35-show script which ran for a bit then rebooted and crashed. I would just like to get back to the HDMI, but system crashes. Noobs V2.3 is available but there is no way to launch terminal window. Not sure…
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Unable to enter recovery mode on Ubuntu MATE

I forgot my password for Ubuntu MATE and I've read that the only way to reset it in Ubuntu is to enter recovery mode and enter a root shell etc. The problem is, I can't figure out how to enter recovery mode. Shift never works when I hold it down (it…
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Can't access SD card contents (Ubuntu) after inserting SD into Android phone

So my Rasberry Pi had some sort of failure, and I'm trying to recover some data from the SD card. Since I didn't have an SD reader on hand I chucked the SD into my android phone and tried to use the file explorer to find the files I wanted.…
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Corrupted SD Card - how to fix, or recover data?

I recently got my hands on an older pi (Model 3B), that I had left at my mom's house some time ago. When I went to start it, it wouldn't boot. The red light came on but the screen remained black. I tried swapping the SD card with another one with…
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Raspberry Pi not booting "recover4.elf is not compatible"

I've bought x3 Raspberry Pi 4 4GB Model sets a while ago and was very happy with it. I've been working on the one and cloning the same SD-Card onto other 2, so I could have the same system state on every RPI. Few days ago I've bought another sets,…
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Install recovery mode after already flashing Raspberry Pi OS?

I have a Raspberry Pi 4B, and I installed Raspberry Pi OS onto a blank microSD card using the official imager. My understanding is that if I had used NOOBS, after installing the OS there would have still been a recovery mode that I could get into by…
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how to recover removed directories

I am trying to cross compile Qt for my raspberry, I tried it and I had some errors so I decided to change the configuration and try again maybe things will get better .. I got this after configuration Qt will be installed into…
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Disable Single User Mode

If I forget my password to my Raspberry Pi, I can gain access again by using single user mode (here is an alternative link). The upside is that if I don't know my password, I can gain access. The downside is that if anyone doesn't know my password…
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Accidently disabled overscan on pi 4b

Stupid me. I accidentally disabled overscan and it won't show anything after normal post, it shows the rainbow-colored screen, then shifts for recovery then after what nothing. I don't want to lose any files and documents, I know it wasn't the…
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How to revert misconfigured BOOT_ORDER value on RPI4?

I've had my RPI4 configured to boot from the network if there is no SD card inserted (for bare metal programming) but firmware update restored it back to SD boot only. So I've tried to make it boot from the network again using this procedure:…
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Recovery of SRM save game file from Retropie corrupt SD card

I've been googling at this all night and have found multiple conflicting methods of recovering/formatting/saving corrupt SD cards but i'm a complete n00b with both Raspberry Pi and Linux. Basically my son was playing games in retropie and…
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