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How do I recover data from a BTRFS Fedora partition if live images do not "see" the disk? (lemmy.wtf)

submitted 2 days ago by nitroemdash@lemmy.wtf to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I cannot get further than GRUB except to rescue mode, when I attempt to boot the main Fedora OS it gets stuck on searching for a disk indefinitely. Gets stuck on Job dev-disk-by\<many symbols>.device/start running (1h / no limit) in the console.

I have a Windows partition on same drive, it also doesn't boot, it's rescue command prompt (from where you are instructed to open notepad to rescue files) doesn't "see" any disk but C: and X: (emerg boot).

I tried booting this machine with two live OS USBs: Fedora and SystemRescue. Neither of them list the SSD (or anything but the USB drive FS itself) in lsblk or the file manager.

Due to lack of storage mediums, I haven't done a backup in a while. How can I rescue the files? Many passwords are also stuck there, in Firefox manager I wasn't able to sync due to losing access to the 2FA email.

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[–] talkingpumpkin@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

What you describe sounds like a hardware failure (one where btrfs plays no specific role).

If that's indeed the case, you can only bring the drive to a data recovery service and see what they say (if it's a spinning disk, they'll probably recover the data for an exorbitant fee, if it's an SSD idk).

PS: this is unlikely to work, but.. you can try cleaning the drive's contacts to see if it makes any difference, and also try moving the drive to a different connector (or use it on another computer)

[–] nitroemdash@lemmy.wtf 1 points 2 days ago

I already removed the drive, contacts seemed clean. Connecting to another computer is the next thing I'm going to try.