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I was using Ubuntu 16.04 then I downloaded Ubuntu 17.10, put it on a bootable flash drive and installed it. During the installation the system asked me if I want to Delete everything and reinstall the system or to keep all files possible and just update the system. I chose to keep all the files and update.

Until there it was OK, but now it's already installed and I no longer have access to my files. I looked at the hard drive and it's 63% full which means that my files still are there. How can I get access to those files from my current system? or How can I get those files without an external hard drive?

I tried everything, but I end up losing all my files, I'm glad everyone who help me in the way they could.

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Gian Lucca
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your new username (and consequently home dir) is called gianlucca.

your old username and home dir (from 2015) was called gian. your files are probably there.

but i also see that some home dirs are encrypted. if it was the old one and you didn't save the recovery key, you lost it all.

gcb
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There are two folders in /home location which are dated Sep-17 and Jun-17. Check if they have the data you need. Else, include results of sudo du -h -d 1 /home 2>/dev/null and sudo du -h -d 1 / 2>/dev/null. This would help determine where the 63% disk is getting consumed.

Edit: The folder location /home/.ecryptfs is showing as 294GBs. Use cd /home/.ecryptfs to access it. Use ls -la to check the content there. If it is encrypted you may not access it and would need to follow this: Access encrypted drive on separate partition

Legolas
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