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| One of the many reasons for using Linux is to protect yourself against loss of data and system data. Obviously nothing can insure you 100% against either of these, but on Linux there is the advantage of having control over the system to the point that if it is possible to recover a downed system, you are able to recover at least your data. | One of the many reasons for using Linux is to protect yourself against loss of data and system data. Obviously nothing can insure you 100% against either of these, but on Linux there is the advantage of having control over the system to the point that if it is possible to recover a downed system, you are able to recover at least your data. | ||
| - | This wouldn't be a chapter about system recovery without the obligatory admonishment that the best prevention against data disaster is backing-up your data in the first place. It may be obligatory, but that doesn't mean it's any less true. If you want to guarantee that your data is safe, **back it up**. | + | This wouldn't be a chapter about system recovery without the obligatory admonishment that the best prevention against data disaster is backing-up your data in the first place. It may be obligatory, but that doesn't mean it's any less true. If you want to guarantee that your data is safe, **back it up**. The sooner you establish a reliable [[backup]] regimen, the better. |
| With that said, these are the different steps you can take to recover a system, in the order of the least serious to the most serious. | With that said, these are the different steps you can take to recover a system, in the order of the least serious to the most serious. | ||
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| - | Assuming a recent backup exists, [[backup#recover|restore from your backups]], and optionally grab whatever additional data you want to save off of your dying drive, and move on to re-building Slackermedia. | + | Assuming a recent backup exists, [[backup#recovery|restore from your backups]], and optionally grab whatever additional data you want to save off of your dying drive, and move on to re-building Slackermedia. |
| If you have not been backing up, then it's time to calculate risks. To be clear: you should not be at this point. You **must** establish an [[backup|automated backup system]] in the future. | If you have not been backing up, then it's time to calculate risks. To be clear: you should not be at this point. You **must** establish an [[backup|automated backup system]] in the future. | ||
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| Once you have all the data you want to save, replace your hard drive. | Once you have all the data you want to save, replace your hard drive. | ||
| - | [[{arrown.png|border:0;background:none;width:0;display:inline-block;float:right;}midi|]][[{arrowp.png|border:0;background:none;width:0;float:right;}backup|]] | + | <WRAP centeralign> |
| + | <wrap fa>[[backup|R]]</wrap> <wrap fa>[[start|S]]</wrap> <wrap fa>[[multilib|Q]]</wrap> | ||
| + | </WRAP> | ||