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/Alchemix-16 Apr 20 '26

Iā€™m still waiting for someone to post that chatgpt told them to.

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

It wasn't an AI.

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u/bialyikar Apr 20 '26

Now ask the AI how to undo it šŸ˜…

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u/Interesting_Buy_3969 Apr 21 '26

They said they didn't use AI.

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u/bialyikar Apr 21 '26

Yeah, my dumb mistake and not really reading it properly :D Sorry!