On 05.07.2012, Jim wrote: > There are some important data files I must save off of sda2 Before you start any rescueing, take a full snapshot of the partition, e.g. "dd if=/dev/sda2 of=/dev/on_an_external_disk" or something like that. Otherwise, your efforts to rescue the data can actually ruin it, and without a backup, your data is irrecoverably lost. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org