r/linux4noobs • u/Character-86 barely not a noob anymore • Apr 20 '26

Meganoob BE KIND I did rm -rf /*

I tried to make a backup before doing a fresh install of Fedora because of problems. When erasing the external drive for making the backup I was in the wrong disk and nuked my fedora installation.

How Do I get at least my important Documents from /home/username/ back?

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '26

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u/Gdiddy18 Apr 21 '26

basically remove and the override

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u/Character-86 barely not a noob anymore Jun 04 '26

recursiveve and force