[Wylug-help] redo/reset KDE - is this even possible

[Anne Wilson]

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On Saturday 29 Jan 2005 15:51, chris mackins wrote:
> On Saturday 29 Jan 2005 3:30 pm, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > Whatever went wrong that day just does not fit the normal pattern.  I
> > think it is time to re-install.  Format your / partition but not /home.
> > If your files are there you will find them - they will not be damaged by
> > the install.  If they are not there when you have finished they were not
> > there when you started.
>
> This is not an option I've considered yet, but I have nothing to lose (i've
> lost it all already - essays, ongoing work, JOB APPS, downloads...)
>
> I'll try a format during the week - I'll feedback.  I'm over the worst of
> it all now, if its lost its lost (I have older backups for some of the
> work) - and it's certainly a lesson to backup much more frequently.
>
Just one thing to try.  If you can remember an exact name of a file that is
missing, make sure that you have installed slocate, then run

slocate filename

In the unlikely event that you have work in some peculiar place that should
find it, as in

slocate travaux
/home/anne/travaux.gif


Anne
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