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OMG! I had not idea you were in such a far flung time zone. Yes, of course, we can defer to whenever is convenient for you. I am so very grateful for your assistance with this. Thank seems rather lame. I won't shut down my computer.
TestDisk 7.0, Data Recovery Utility, April 2015
Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org> http://www.cgsecurity.org
TestDisk 7.0, Data Recovery Utility, April 2015
Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org> http://www.cgsecurity.org
Disk /dev/sda - 500 GB / 465 GiB - CHS 60801 255 63
Partition Start End Size in sectors
>P MS Data 2048 1050623 1048576 [NO NAME]
D MS Data 1050624 968617983 967567360
D MS Data 934809600 976773119 41963520
D Linux Swap 968617984 976771055 8153072
Structure: Ok. Use Up/Down Arrow keys to select partition.
Use Left/Right Arrow keys to CHANGE partition characteristics:
P=Primary D=Deleted
Keys A: add partition, L: load backup, T: change type, P: list files,
Enter: to continue
FAT32, blocksize=4096, 536 MB / 512 MiB
TestDisk 7.0, Data Recovery Utility, April 2015
Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org> http://www.cgsecurity.org
MS Data 1050624 968617983 967567360
Directory /
>drwxr-xr-x 0 0 4096 14-Mar-2018 08:17 .
drwxr-xr-x 0 0 4096 14-Mar-2018 08:17 ..
drwx------ 0 0 16384 4-Oct-2016 20:01 lost+found
drwxr-xr-x 0 0 4096 31-Mar-2018 08:31 boot
drwxr-xr-x 0 0 12288 31-Mar-2018 17:21 etc
drwxr-xr-x 0 0 4096 31-Mar-2018 07:57 media
drwxr-xr-x 0 0 12288 31-Mar-2018 08:27 bin
drwxr-xr-x 0 0 4096 28-Jun-2016 05:37 dev
drwxr-xr-x 0 0 4096 19-Oct-2017 19:23 home
drwxr-xr-x 0 0 4096 17-Jan-2018 04:57 lib
drwxr-xr-x 0 0 4096 17-Jan-2018 04:57 lib64
drwxr-xr-x 0 0 4096 28-Jun-2016 04:59 mnt
drwxr-xr-x 0 0 4096 17-Mar-2018 08:14 opt
drwxr-xr-x 0 0 4096 12-Apr-2016 13:14 proc
Next
Use Right to change directory, h to hide deleted files
q to quit, : to select the current file, a to select all files
C to copy the selected files, c to copy the current file
TestDisk 7.0, Data Recovery Utility, April 2015
Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org> http://www.cgsecurity.org
MS Data 1050624 968617983 967567360
Directory /home
Next
Use Left arrow to go back, Right to change directory, h to hide deleted files
q to quit, : to select the current file, a to select all files
C to copy the selected files, c to copy the current file
Before this mess up, I had tried to change my user name and the system was showing me as Drew(ken)@X200CA. Then after this mess happened and I was having trouble getting in, it presented me with ken and drew dangerfield (my surname). When I selected my full name, it showed "drew" and now its showing two users - ken and drew.
I have to be away from the computer for about 10 minutes. If you want to log off for tonight that's fine with me.
TestDisk 7.0, Data Recovery Utility, April 2015
Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org> http://www.cgsecurity.org
MS Data 1050624 968617983 967567360
Directory /home/ken
>drwxr-xr-x 1000 1000 4096 30-Mar-2018 22:51 .
drwxr-xr-x 0 0 4096 19-Oct-2017 19:23 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1000 1000 675 4-Oct-2016 20:05 .profile
drwxr-xr-x 1000 1000 4096 29-Nov-2017 17:09 .mozilla
-rw-r--r-- 1000 1000 220 4-Oct-2016 20:05 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r-- 1000 1000 4000 4-Oct-2016 20:05 .bashrc
drwxr-xr-x 1000 1000 4096 29-Mar-2018 18:44 .config
drwx------ 1000 1000 4096 30-Mar-2018 20:01 .cache
-rw------- 1000 1000 121 30-Mar-2018 07:14 .Xauthority
-rw-r--r-- 1000 1000 6201 30-Mar-2018 23:48 .xsession-errors
-rw------- 1000 1000 29 30-Mar-2018 07:14 .dmrc
drwxr-xr-x 1000 1000 4096 18-Mar-2018 08:36 Desktop
drwxr-xr-x 1000 1000 4096 30-Mar-2018 19:57 Downloads
drwxr-xr-x 1000 1000 4096 4-Oct-2016 20:18 Templates
Next
Use Left arrow to go back, Right to change directory, h to hide deleted files
q to quit, : to select the current file, a to select all files
C to copy the selected files, c to copy the current file
I swear that I did nothing strange, unusual or out of the ordinary to precipitate this problem. After the debacle with the Virtualbox update was resolved, my computer was running fine for a few days. I turned it off Friday night (Mar 30) and when I booted it up on Mar 31, it started what appears to be a fresh install of Mint 18.3 I did install some updates from Mint's Update Manager and I'm convinced that' where the problem lies.
BTW I am still experiencing horrible latency in keystrokes. Very slow and jerky. Something is very definitely amiss. If we can just manage to get my data transferred onto a USB stick, I'm outta here. My confidence in Mint has plummeted.
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