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> [How to fix “The system is running in low-graphics mode” error?](https://askubuntu.com/questions/141606/how-to-fix-the-system-is-running-in-low-graphics-mode-error) 
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Yesterday I installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my machine, since I had some previous problems. I had to recover files through Photorec. My hard-drive is full and I couldn't even finish the recovery process. 

When I powered it up again, an error came up 

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I donˈt know if it has anything to do with the recovery process, or the that hard drive got full. I need to delete those recup\_dir folders, but also I need to finish recovering and get through the error.