This is bad, very bad! I'm on Linux Mint 19.2 Cinnamon x64.
Today I tried to create a system backup using Pinguy Builder which was already installed on the system but never used before. I set the working folder to a partition with 10+GB free, then I chose the user to be set as default. Then all hell broke loose: after choosing the only existing user the application automatically started "copying files" although it wasn't instructed what kind of backup to do. And in doing that it consumed all the scarce (~650MB) free space on the system partition, without any way to interrupt the process (both OK and Cancel buttons were greyed out), so I closed the dialog clicking on [x], attempted to clear its cache/temp which yielded 'non-existent directory', and in the end I did the most stupid thing possible: rebooted.
At that point the GRUB image was missing, the login screen - which was always disabled - popped up and I couldn't even log in any more.
Ultimately I found a Mint 19.2 DVD around, booted a live session and noticed a bunch of standard folders were missing in the home folder: Documents, Music, Pictures, Videos - and who knows what other folders and/or files.
Problem is, searching for a file name known to have resided in one of the missing folders yielded no result even in root mode, so I assume this application created some kind of image file already, but I don't know what type of image or where. There was mention of cdfs and iso but the temporary files may well be of a completely different kind. I don't know what to search for and I couldn't find any large files in my limited searches.
Aside from the fact that this application should have NEVER EVER deleted or moved ANY files/folders, is anybody here familiar with its modus operandi, does anyone know where I could find the missing files/folders in order to restore the system? I've worked too much on its customization and forgot everything I've done. Reinstall is out of the question, as well as a backup restore.
Thank you in advance.
Today I tried to create a system backup using Pinguy Builder which was already installed on the system but never used before. I set the working folder to a partition with 10+GB free, then I chose the user to be set as default. Then all hell broke loose: after choosing the only existing user the application automatically started "copying files" although it wasn't instructed what kind of backup to do. And in doing that it consumed all the scarce (~650MB) free space on the system partition, without any way to interrupt the process (both OK and Cancel buttons were greyed out), so I closed the dialog clicking on [x], attempted to clear its cache/temp which yielded 'non-existent directory', and in the end I did the most stupid thing possible: rebooted.
At that point the GRUB image was missing, the login screen - which was always disabled - popped up and I couldn't even log in any more.
Ultimately I found a Mint 19.2 DVD around, booted a live session and noticed a bunch of standard folders were missing in the home folder: Documents, Music, Pictures, Videos - and who knows what other folders and/or files.
Problem is, searching for a file name known to have resided in one of the missing folders yielded no result even in root mode, so I assume this application created some kind of image file already, but I don't know what type of image or where. There was mention of cdfs and iso but the temporary files may well be of a completely different kind. I don't know what to search for and I couldn't find any large files in my limited searches.
Aside from the fact that this application should have NEVER EVER deleted or moved ANY files/folders, is anybody here familiar with its modus operandi, does anyone know where I could find the missing files/folders in order to restore the system? I've worked too much on its customization and forgot everything I've done. Reinstall is out of the question, as well as a backup restore.
Thank you in advance.