Microsoft's most recent update damaged my MBR and RDC files. Windows would not boot. I had Unbuntu dual boot installed. I had a VMWare Virtual Machine on the Windows system.
I booted into Linux Ubuntu and ran "TestDisk".
TestDisk took an image of the partition(s). It filled up (consumed all) the Linux home drive. I couldn't even type a character into a text document and save it.
When I rebooted Linux, it doesn't even have enough space to show the desktop. Linux is unusable.
*** How do I find the file that ate ***ALL*** my disk space ?
*** How do I delete that file so Linux will run again ?
*** How do I then recover my Windows MBR ?
TestDisk disk image filled up my on Linux hard drive
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Re: TestDisk disk image filled up my on Linux hard drive
You missed to select a sufficiently large location for saving.hunter wrote: ↑09 Apr 2021, 06:29 Microsoft's most recent update damaged my MBR and RDC files. Windows would not boot. I had Unbuntu dual boot installed. I had a VMWare Virtual Machine on the Windows system.
I booted into Linux Ubuntu and ran "TestDisk".
TestDisk took an image of the partition(s). It filled up (consumed all) the Linux home drive. I couldn't even type a character into a text document and save it.
I don't know. I searched google for "treesize linux alternatives".
When I rebooted Linux, it doesn't even have enough space to show the desktop. Linux is unusable.
*** How do I find the file that ate ***ALL*** my disk space ?
Run a live linux from a USB stick or CD/DVD such as GParted, Knoppix etc.
*** How do I delete that file so Linux will run again ?
Use either Testdisk or the repair function of your operating system installation media.
*** How do I then recover my Windows MBR ?