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#2055: should be able to reinstall os w/o losing everything
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Written by walter_j the 1 Mar 08 at 05:45.
Category: Installation.
Related to:
Nothing/Others.
Status: New
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Description
xp could reinstall the os years ago w/o reformating the hd. i've had to reinstall kubuntu 2x after disasters - no idea what went wrong, but had to reinstall and losing all data. i had a backup, but still: shouldn't it be easier to reinstall?
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MakotoTheKnight wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 05:50
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A new surge that's taking place is for the data to have its own separate /home partition, instead of placing everything inside of /. That way, when you have to reinstall, you can just do that without having to even touch your data.
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dsargeant wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 05:57
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Maybe Ubuntu should make a partition for /home automatically.
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walter_j wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 08:11
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i wondered about that when installing. no way i could figure out how though (noob). trying ubuntu now and love it. i think comiz created a lot of my crashes. wish it was easier to use
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gcc wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 14:48
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Windows filosophy?
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solid_liq wrote on the 2 Mar 08 at 00:04
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Separate partition for /home is a new idea? New when, in 1971? It's just not done be default for ubuntu, and that's the problem.
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cheesehead wrote on the 2 Mar 08 at 01:22
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Change nothing. The existing system is fine.
Backup tools are FREE and easily available via Synaptic, or just CRON and a script. The system is usually stable enough.
If you experiment with bleeding edge bling without a backup...you lose all your data.
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