On 4/27/21 7:28 PM, Doug McGarrett wrote:

On 4/27/21 6:42 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:

On 28/04/2021 00.31, Doug McGarrett wrote:

On 4/27/21 4:46 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 27/04/2021 10.23, Michael Hamilton wrote:

Huh, better not use the installation disk in rescue mode because it is

"text mode" and will confuse the hell out of Doug.

Better use the specific XFCE Rescue CD/USB stick, which is designed for the purpose and runs a full graphical desktop (without install option).

Thanx, Carlos--I made the usb-stick and booted on it. But I cannot seem

to mount any of the partitions
using the definitions in GParted, whether /dev/sda6 or nvme0n1p6, and if I did, I don't see the second ssd
in GParted--it doesn't seem to have the facility to change drives. Obviously doing something wrong, but
I don't see what. Also cannot run fsck on the partitions--"Possibly non-existent device?"
What have I missed this time?

You ares supposed to get the XFCE desktop. There will be icons for the disks, just double click on them. If there are no icons, the open the file manager (Thunar).

Remember that by default you are not root. No permissions.

All I get is the Linux major parts on screen (Thunar?) or in the terminal.  I cannot see any of installed or created files
or directories from the original system--no Dolphin, no Youtube, no Gwenview, no Libre Office, nothing. Much less any
files residing within them. --doug

Doug,

Trying to recover your files using a GUI might be a mistake, or at least not as easy or simple as we'd first think.  Learning four or five commands you enter into a terminal window might give you what you need.  Have you ever used a terminal window in Linux?  Or would you like to try it?

If so, boot up the linux you have on your flash drive and try running these two commands, and copy-and-paste the output from both into an email back to us:

df .
(That's four characters, then hit Enter.)

(That's five characters, then hit enter.)

A little bit of knowledge can go a long way.