[SOLVED] Timeshift to the Rescue - Running from a Live CD

Recently I made a change that trashed my desktop. Otherwise the system (Mint 19.3) ran fine. I was unable to restore my desktop, so I only had the command line available. I wasn't able to resolve my problem through the command line.

Next, I looked into doing a restore operation with Timeshift from a live CD. I was unable to find a suitable post addressing how this is done on the internet. The posts that I ran across assumed that the graphical interface was still operational. Fortunately, running Timeshift from a live CD proved fairly easy to accomplish.

When booting Timeshift from the live CD, you will be informed that there are NO snapshots available for restoration. A momentary panic attack sets in. After looking through the icons at the top, I found that under "Settings" you can specify (browse to) the location of your snapshot file under "Location". From there it was straightforward to restore my system (root) directory.

A couple of remarks.

1. You will need to use "Disks" to mount the hard drive where the Timeshift snapshot is stored. I store my snapshots on a second hard drive that is used for archive storage.
2. You will need to use "Disks" to mount the hard drive where the system (root) files are stored and designate that drive as the destination drive for the restoration operation.
3. Have separate partitions for the system (root) files and the Home files.