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I just replace the motherboard of my server pc that has been damaged. After replacing the motherboard, 8:04 ubuntu server preinstalled can not boot. How the best way to fix it without deleting the data on the hard drive?

Agung Santoso
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    Re-install with a not-5-years-old distro and then restore from backup. – EEAA Feb 05 '14 at 01:45
  • What if the data is not backed up? Is there a way to fix without having to delete the data? The data is located in / var / www, / var / liib / mysql – Agung Santoso Feb 05 '14 at 02:43
  • FYI, 8.04 has been unsupported since April 2013. It's not surprising that it doesn't work with newer hardware. – sciurus Feb 05 '14 at 04:33

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  1. Remove the old hard drive.
  2. Purchase and install a new hard drive.
  3. Install a new OS on the new hard drive.
  4. Connect the old hard drive to the machine, mount it, and attempt to restore data from it.

If #4 doesn't work, be prepared to fork over a good amount of money to a professional data recovery service.

EEAA
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