Background Info
I am dual booting Ubuntu 20.04 on an SSD with pre-installed Windows 10. This has been working for the past 2 months.
What happened first
I tried to boot Ubuntu and I got the same error as this person
I ran fsck
on /dev/sda3
and the problem was solved.
The current problem
A few hours later, I try to login to Ubuntu and I got an Authentication Error
on the Home Screen. I restarted my computer and after selecting Ubuntu
, the computer got stuck on the bright HP logo. While on the HP logo, I can access all the tty
s, but I can not login.
What I think
I'm pretty sure this problem was caused by me running fsck
on a mounted drive, but I'm not sure. It's probably something to do with corrupted passwords, too.
What I've tried
I have booted in recovery mode, tried resetting my password, and running commands. I know my password is correct. Some stack exchange answers say to run some commands in the TTY
, but it always asks for my password and says Incorrect password
.
Now I can't access my Linux files which has all my programming tools and projects. Is there any way I can get my files back? Any help would be appreciated!
Tell me if you need more info!