No, you can't. But you can do the next "best" thing which is reusing the same partitions but do not format /. This will keep your user files and settings.
– Oct 29 '18 at 14:49
Thanks, I did this last night on another machine, it really wasn't that bad. :)
– nthChildOct 29 '18 at 15:53
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. This will keep your user files and settings. – Oct 29 '18 at 14:49