Ubuntu 12.04 - Read only file system+computer crash/freezes after an update that got interupted

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Published on 2014-06-04T23:55:04Z Indexed on 2014/06/05 3:39 UTC
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I've run into an error with Ubuntu while I was updating it. During the update my power went out and interrupted the update. When I finally got power and booted my computer, I received an error, telling me to remount ./ and basically told me I could press S to skip or F to fix. (I forgot exactly what it said) but anyways, I originally pressed F to fix, but that didn't solve the problem, so then I went into the terminal and I tried to remount that way, but I couldn't execute because it's stuck in "file system read only."

Sorry, my description of the problem is dull. I'm debating on just reinstalling, but I have a ton of files I would like to keep, about 3+ years worth of websites I've built.

Is there a proper way to fix this?

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