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Offline Ray2047

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[SOLVED] Reinstall But Save Existing Home
« on: December 03, 2011, 03:54:22 AM »
I know I have asked before but I can't find the original answer. How do you reinstall with out wiping out the existing Home folder.
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Re: Reinstall But Save Existing Home
« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2011, 03:55:35 AM »
Don't checkmark the box that says format home?
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Re: Reinstall But Save Existing Home
« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2011, 04:05:25 AM »
Quote from: Ray2047 on December 03, 2011, 03:54:22 AM
I know I have asked before but I can't find the original answer. How do you reinstall with out wiping out the existing Home folder.

Is your Home folder already on a separate partition/drive? If so, follow Tex's advise.

If not already done, can I kindly suggest you backup/copy any important data/settings/music etc for a "just in case" scenario  ;)
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Re: Reinstall But Save Existing Home
« Reply #3 on: December 03, 2011, 08:08:41 AM »
Thanks for the reply.
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Re: [SOLVED] Reinstall But Save Existing Home
« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2011, 11:07:42 PM »
I used to copy /home on a different hard drive, then remove it from the system.
Next I would just do a R/R of the entire OS. Next, I would use the live CD to delete everything on the new /home.

Then copy the old /home to the partition the new /home was on.

Sometimes I would just keep the /root on one drive and the /home on another.
That method is a bit easier I think.

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