On Mon, 13 May 2024 at 16:42, steve-ALUG@hst.me.uk wrote:

On 09/05/2024 22:01, Srdjan Todorovic wrote: And also this particular evening, I am battling a dead NVME drive (with lots and lots of important files I've not yet had a chance to backup to my NAS) which means I also cannot boot my desktop, even with a Kubuntu Live DVD. So it's a poignant reminder to have a backup and have something that is redundant as well in case of hardware failure or bit-rot. :( Ouch. Hope you made progress with this.

I pulled the NVME out of the desktop and put it in my laptop, thinking I can just mount it and get the files. However my desktop OS booted up on my laptop - looks like NVME is fine, and the motherboard has something wrong with it.

Ended up replacing the motherboard, which was a world of pain (long story, wifi, kubuntu upgrades, display, dnsmasq).

I do need to organise my files and make sure they are on my NAS.

Best, Srdj