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Need help. Cannot boot ubuntu. etc/fstab file missed up

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I am unable to boot my ubuntu. The day before the problem, I tried to mount an external hard disk drive (named: Seagate Expansion Drive) and I edited the /etc/fstab.

After that, I turned it off. The next day, I could not boot my device.

My /etc/fstab file content is (note: # means a number or letter):

 /etc/fstab: static file system information.## Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).## <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass># / was on /dev/nvme0n1p2 during installationUUID=####-####-####-####-#### /               ext4    errors=remount-ro 0       1# /boot/efi was on /dev/nvme0n1p1 during installationUUID=####-####  /boot/efi       vfat    umask=0077      0       1/swapfile                                 none            swap    sw              0       0UUID=####-####-####-####-#### /media/e/Seagate Expansion Drive auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0

The following are the steps I did so far:

  1. I did hardware test (Dell laptop) and the device passed all the hardware tests.

  2. When I boot the device shows rescue mood. Based on some research, I tried to type:

    sudo blkid

And this is what I see (redacted some numbers for privacy):enter image description here

Then I types:

sudo -H gedit /etc/fstab

This is what I get:enter image description here

  1. Then I gave up, and to save my files, I booted from Ubuntu live USB. First, I had no permission to read the device's hard drive from the live ubuntu CD. So I executed this command to give everyone all permissions:

    chmod ugo+rwx [home/myuser]

Then I was able to copy my files to an external hard drive. I copied them. I turned off my device. I turned it on and repeated the previous two command. But now I am faced with permission issue. When I type:

sudo blkid

Or

sudo -H gedit /etc/fstab

I get this:

enter image description here

From all the above:

  1. Can you help me identify if etc/fstab contains something wrong?
  2. How to fix the permission issue? I am unable to execute commands from the rescue mood, seemingly when I did something wrong with the permissions from the Ubuntu live USB.

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