[Trisquel-users] Re : No GUI and Backup Home through Terminal

[lcerf]

Just use, like lembas proposed you in the first place, the Trisquel live  
system to:

Backup your files from the graphical file browser (the partitions of both  
your internal and external drives will be icons on the desktop);
Reinstall the system.
Here is how to make:

a live CD/DVD: https://trisquel.info/wiki/Burn_Trisquel_CD_images
a live USB key: https://trisquel.info/wiki/How_to_Create_a_LiveUSB