<html><head/><body><html><head></head><body>utec is right, 64 and 32 bit has nothing to do with the way files in /home are stored, just the way programs are executed. The only issue may be programs you have downloaded / compiled within your home folder - these may well continue to work but you won't take full advantage of 64 bit unless you recompile them. Be sure to back up first, even if you do a direct copy of /home from the hard drive. Joshua <div class="gmail_quote">uteck <theuteck@gmail.com> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> Copying your home folder should work fine. If /home is on another partition you can just mount it with the 64 bit install. You probably don't have 32 bit programs installed in your home, so that is not an issue you need to worry about. <div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 23, 2012 9:06 AM, "Tim" <<a href="mailto:tim@xendistar.co.uk">tim@xendistar.co.uk</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> I have a 64bit PC which is currently running Xubuntu 12:10 32bit. As I have the space I am going to install the 64bit version of xubuntu, assuming I install all the same programs, can I just copy my home folder from the 32bit install to the 64bit or is their a good chance of corruption due to the difference between 32bit and 64bit?? Tim -- xubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div> <pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap:break-word; font-family: sans-serif; margin-top: 0px">-- xubuntu-users mailing list xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users</a> </pre></blockquote></div></body></html></body></html>