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    Just got a few questions...

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by Joel, Sep 22, 2010.

  1. Joel

    Joel coffeecoffeecoffeecoffee

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    G'day,
    I'm looking into completely moving back to Ubuntu, and I have no way of backing up all my stuff. So I was thinking if I did the following, would it work?
    1. Install Ubuntu along side Windows
    2. Copy all the stuff from Windows to Ubuntu
    3. Then delete the Windows partition

    Would it work?

    Cheers!
     
    Joel, Sep 22, 2010
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    Yea it would work, as long as you're not talking about installing with Wubi, but you leave out the step of then resizing your Linux partition after you delete the windows one, and in that step you risk data loss. External drives are cheap enough that if your data is worth anything at all, you should seriously buy one and use it.
     
    ALLurGroceries, Sep 22, 2010
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  3. Joel

    Joel coffeecoffeecoffeecoffee

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    Thanks. I found my old hdd and did a backup! Thanks for your help.
     
    Joel, Sep 22, 2010
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    Nice, if you have all your stuff backed up on to the external drive, you could wipe the laptop and start fresh with just Linux. But if you go the way of deleting windows and resizing, do that from the Live CD with gparted (under the System menu), when you have 2+ hours to kill.
     
    ALLurGroceries, Sep 22, 2010
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  5. Joel

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    That's what I did. Started fresh with Ubuntu. Now currently installing updates, trying to get wifi going! :)
     
    Joel, Sep 22, 2010
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    The Dell Wireless cards are basically Broadcom modules, so they should work fine with the BCM Restricted Drivers :) What Ubuntu version are you installing?
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Sep 22, 2010
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  7. Joel

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    Wifi is up and working now! Installing 10.04.
     
    Joel, Sep 22, 2010
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    Wait you didn't install 10.04 clean? The 9.10 to 10.04 upgrade never went quite right the three times I tried it. It took 5x as long as a clean install and screwed up permissions all the time.
     
    woofer00, Sep 22, 2010
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  9. Joel

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    No, It was a clean install of 10.04. What I meant with that post, is that I was installing 10.04... But it had finished.
     
    Joel, Sep 22, 2010
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