Installing an operating system and enabling encryption won’t overwrite the data on the entire disk. Instead, it will only overwrite on the specific sectors on which this operating system was installed.

Other “previous” data on the disk will remain intact and unaffected.

No.

Thank you very much! It works now!!! I used the disable-gpp0-wakeup service workaround from here. Unfortunately, I can’t wake my computer with the keyboard or mouse, only with the power button, but I’ll figure that out on my own.

Thank you so much for pointing out the issue.

cc: @Nilz@sopuli.xyz

All “Wake on” things are disabled in my UEFI settings.

To be sure, I also reset the UEFI to have “clean” settings, but that didn’t help, unfortunately.

One thing at a time. Give him some time. He’s fresh into our free world 😀

For phone linking you can use KDE Connect (and GSConnect if you use GNOME)

GNOME 47 probably

Signal

Cybertruck

a cat ofc

where Rust

Debian

How does it work? How does it help people?

Confirming: 973ec2ce022c5

No, half of the file system sectors were corrupted, but I was able to recover all my files. I’m still wondering how my files survived exactly on uncorrupted sectors…

The device was already protected by a UPS, but it failed and shut down.

I will no longer use this device, rather I will throw it away, because I will have no more use for it.

Unfortunately, I don’t have another power supply with the same specifications on hand, as this thin client is the only Dell device in my home 😕. Replacing the motherboard is not cost-effective for such old hardware. I’ll just buy a new thin client.

Yes, this is exactly the Dell Wyse 5060 with an AMD GX-424CC processor. This thin client is already old, which is why I decided to purchase a newer one with a better processor.

Anyway, thank you for your analysis! I learned a lot of new things. I will try to get it running with your advice and let you know how it goes.

However, this server will probably no longer be needed, since half of its cores are damaged. Previously, its computing power was fully utilized (the load was almost always 4.0), and it handled my tasks very well with four cores. Therefore, I cannot imagine using it with only half of its power available 😁