Posted by: Burga-Flippa July 29, 2018
Transferring file from old doomed computer to new
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If you installed Ubuntu by first creating a new partition and installing Ubuntu in that particular partition of your disk then your files should still be there. You just need to mount that hard disk (or solid state drive) as an add-on drive to your any other computer via SATA or USB. You'll be able to access all your files.

If you installed Ubuntu by first formatting the entire disk including all existing partitions of that disk then you are basically out of luck.
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