I think it was just a "bad" release of Ubuntu of some sort. Thanks for
your concern.
Some final thoughts:
Somehow a "false attribute" got into the filesystem when using 'Repair
Filesystem' of Ubuntu 'Disks' utility, and hid all those files. After
several days, the overnight maintenance of Wind
After several days since I reported this issue of data loss from
filesystem corruption - it has now miraculously recovered !
I'm not sure if it did this on its own, or from intervention of my own
actions. I kept tending to a possible recovery on a day-to-day basis.
The actions I took were to keep
Public bug reported:
I have experienced filesystem corruption leading to severe data loss in
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.
For instance, the file manager (called 'Files' under Apps) often
disallows creating a new folder or copying or transferring files.
This is probably denied permission to write to the fil
