<div>On 5/24/07, Derek Broughton <<a href="mailto:news@pointerstop.ca">news@pointerstop.ca</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> >>Probably, but of course we can't know for sure where you've been saving >>things. I recommend that when you reinstall you setup a separate /home >>partition. See <a href="http://users.bigpond.net.au/hermanzone/p14.htm"> http://users.bigpond.net.au/hermanzone/p14.htm</a> (but you >>can also do it in the LiveCD) > Would it not be a good idea to consider taking a look at the ./hidden > files in /home > (like /.kde) before deciding to back the entire directory up? > If one wants a clean install, could not some of the config files and > such in those directories > be troublesome, or, at the very least, unnecessary, and thus unduly > cumbersome in the back-up process? > > Just a thought...I´m no expert in such matters... >It's a good one. For a really clean install, I first have /home on a >separate partition, then I do the install _without_ using the /home >partition. After installing, copy my skeleton from the new /home/derek to >the old partition, then mount the old partition as /home. That gives me >everything I absolutely need - it did overwrite my kmail settings though so >I had to restore my filters and account settings. >-- >derek The process of using the CD Live and the partition software on that operating system worked flawlessly. I was able to partition enough space on my other drive to move all my /home/ files. Now when I install the new version of Kubuntu I should be able to be up and running in no time. Famous last words . . . but this is fun. Thanks for the help. Tim -- kubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users"> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>