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
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
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