[ubuntu-uk] Scrambled screen

[Neil Greenwood]

2009/6/10 Greg Herdman <gherdman at toucansurf.com>:
> Hi Everyone,
> Back to my scrambled screen system - I've been functioning via Live User
> DVD now for several weeks. I suppose my basic question - skirted around
> via a number of little excursions - is, 'If I reinstall Ubuntu (8.04)
> will my system 'remember' all of the material I've created and/or input
> since I bought it?'

Depends exactly what you mean.

Will it remember programs you've installed? No, not without some extra work.

Will it remember settings for the programs you've used? Probably,
unless you choose to format the /home partition.

Will it remember pictures, documents and other things you've
created/downloaded? Definitely, unless you choose to format the /home
partition.

> My system is an Ubuntu-only setup - no other OS - so I hope
> reinstallation should be straightforward.

Should be. Make sure you have a backup first, and have checked that
the backup worked, otherwise you might lose everything on the machine
(e.g. if the power dies).

Also, with a backup, it's not quite so distressing if you choose the
wrong option and format the disk while installing. :-)

HTH
Cofion/Regards,
Neil.