<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html><head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta name="generator" content="Osso Notes"> <title></title></head> <body> > I'm also not keen on the 'do a re-install' mantra. Its great if you > have a minimal system, like I had on my netbook, but my desktop has > loads of extras installed that I would have to remember and re-install. i am of the same opinion. Wasn't there the apt on CD thing? And also you could sync your softwarecentre installed programs. But I guess that does not cover things compiled by yourself? > (That is a drawback, I suppose of keeping the initial install down to CD > size - it doesn't even have LO Base). Then there is always all that > re-inputting of email and instant messenger account details. > There is a way to save mail settings of thunderbird. But gwibber and messenging account are not there... Might be a good suggestion. What i did as a back up was that i had an ext4 partition of 53gb i copied my 20gb home folder there. And i then upgrated. (Finally know the difference with updating thanks) Is that less secure? I guess a full harddrive failure could happen? I would like to know how to do a \home partition without having to reinstall but this might be too much. </body> </html>