I did a quick check, my local shop sells 'HGST Touro Mobile' XHDD for $55. So, I'll grab one next week and backup all of my home files (shoulda did that already) and then install the new OS.
--- Original Message --- From: Thierry de Coulon tdecoulon@gmail.com To: trinity-users@lists.pearsoncomputing.net Subject: Re: [trinity-users] Doing Non-Destructive Installations? Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2014
On Saturday 12 April 2014 04.52:21 Calvin Morrison wrote:
well... Okay here's a longer answer... You could in theory delete everything besides your home folder, then install on partition, and manually make a user when you're done the install.
Yep, but be aware that if anything goes wrong you WILL lose your data.
You don't say how much space you have or why another drive is no option, but having 700 GB of valuable data and no backup... that's dangerous.
Hard disks do die...
Thierry ---------------------------------------------------------------------
Honestly I don't think you'll loose your data, as long as you choose not to reformat it. I can't imagine a scenario where they do a full disk wipe
On 12 April 2014 10:37, Tini trin@telekon.org wrote:
I did a quick check, my local shop sells 'HGST Touro Mobile' XHDD for $55. So, I'll grab one next week and backup all of my home files (shoulda did that already) and then install the new OS.
--- Original Message --- From: Thierry de Coulon tdecoulon@gmail.com To: trinity-users@lists.pearsoncomputing.net Subject: Re: [trinity-users] Doing Non-Destructive Installations? Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2014
On Saturday 12 April 2014 04.52:21 Calvin Morrison wrote:
well... Okay here's a longer answer... You could in theory delete everything besides your home folder, then install on partition, and manually make a user when you're done the install.
Yep, but be aware that if anything goes wrong you WILL lose your data.
You don't say how much space you have or why another drive is no option, but having 700 GB of valuable data and no backup... that's dangerous.
Hard disks do die...
Thierry
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Hmmm.... that certainly sounds reasonable. Could you test it out on your PC and let us know the results?
:-) :-) :-)
--- Original Message --- From: Calvin Morrison mutantturkey@gmail.com To: trinity-users@lists.pearsoncomputing.net Subject: Re: [trinity-users] Doing Non-Destructive Installations? Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2014
Honestly I don't think you'll lose your data, as long as you choose not to reformat it. I can't imagine a scenario where they do a full disk wipe
On 12 April 2014 10:37, Tini trin@telekon.org wrote:
I did a quick check, my local shop sells 'HGST Touro Mobile' XHDD for $55. So, I'll grab one next week and backup all of my home files (shoulda did that already) and then install the new OS.
Yes I just replaced an old Ubuntu with Debian. Worked well On Apr 12, 2014 11:10 AM, "Tini" trin@telekon.org wrote:
Hmmm.... that certainly sounds reasonable. Could you test it out on your PC and let us know the results?
:-) :-) :-)
--- Original Message --- From: Calvin Morrison mutantturkey@gmail.com To: trinity-users@lists.pearsoncomputing.net Subject: Re: [trinity-users] Doing Non-Destructive Installations? Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2014
Honestly I don't think you'll lose your data, as long as you choose not to reformat it. I can't imagine a scenario where they do a full disk wipe
On 12 April 2014 10:37, Tini trin@telekon.org wrote:
I did a quick check, my local shop sells 'HGST Touro Mobile' XHDD for $55. So, I'll grab one next week and backup all of my home files (shoulda did that already) and then install the new OS.
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On Saturday 12 April 2014 07:10:04 you wrote:
Hmmm.... that certainly sounds reasonable. Could you test it out on your PC and let us know the results?
:-) :-) :-)
I know a guy who was let go from an admin job (Linux no less) for using the 'mv' (move) command instead of "copy>verify>delete old"...of course dealing with your own data one can take all kind of risks. :-)
No reason not to have back ups.
On Saturday 12 April 2014 15:59:09 Calvin Morrison wrote:
Honestly I don't think you'll loose your data, as long as you choose not to reformat it. I can't imagine a scenario where they do a full disk wipe
Do manual partitioning, tell it not to format your /home - but back-up, back-up, back-up. ;-) I have retained /home quite often when installing or reinstalling, and alwasy got away with it so far, but I would never not back-up at least once first, more often if possible.
Lisi
From: Lisi Reisz lisi.reisz@gmail.com To: trinity-users@lists.pearsoncomputing.net Subject: Re: [trinity-users] Doing Non-Destructive Installations? Date: April 12, 2014
Do manual partitioning, tell it not to format your /home - but back-up, back-up, back-up. ;-)
I have retained /home quite often when installing or reinstalling, and always got away with it so far, but I would never not back-up at least once first, more often if possible.
Lisi
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Thanks, all. I'm going to get a backup drive and try installing. If things go sour, then I can restore!
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