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I made 3 partitions

1----> swap partition (8gb)

2---->a 20 gb partition for ubuntu OS[/(root)]

3----> /home partition (200gb approx.)

I have some anime and study stuff in home partition and want to switch to kubuntu 20.04 LTS preserving all the files in /home.

Is there a way to save all the files in home folder and switch to kubuntu . I don't want to save my other Ubuntu 20.04 LTS settings. How to do this in something else option in kubuntu installation?

Note-i am total noob in partition stuff but I made partition from some tutorial on youtube

Sharad_740
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I circumvented that problem by creating a /discworld partition and putting my personal stuff in there. During a reinstall I MOUNT and not format /discworld. 2 disks I use: a ssd for / and a hdd for /discworld.

My /home is void of anything personal and is part of / and not a separate partition.

You can use How to create partition for data? as a reference and create your own partition (add a volume label!).

You then might need to shrink /home/ and enlarge this partition. You can use How to resize partitions? as a reference.

Then copy the directories in /home/$USER/ over to this new partition and edit ~.config/user-dirs.dirs to point to the new partition (keep a backup of this file on that partition so you can copy it back when you reinstall again) and if this all works remove the directories in /home/$USER/.

No more issues in the future: Use a live session for reinstalling and during the partition part remove / and /home and MOUNT your data partition (be careful here: pick the correct one; remember the volume label added when you created it).

After installation copy the backup of user-dirs.dirs to ~.config/user-dirs.dirs and press F5 on the desktop to refresh.

extra: also ditch the swap partition. We nowadays use swapfile so we do not need to do anything for that anymore.

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  • Thanks bro but I think I'm too dumb to understand this. What will happen if I formatted my 20gb OS Partition to install kubuntu and not format partition in which /home was set? – Sharad_740 May 05 '21 at 10:43
  • @SharadChandel naah. Be smart: make a BACKUP and you can always restore your data. My icon is from Elfenlied ;-) If you do that: it will work but you will have residual files from the old OS. – Rinzwind May 05 '21 at 10:44
  • I missed that Masterpeice but will watch soon. What software to use for backup ? Thank you so much – Sharad_740 May 05 '21 at 10:51
  • for personal data? I would just copy it to an external disk. – Rinzwind May 05 '21 at 10:52
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    I don't have any external disk lol! I just wanted to save my anime and study videos that I pirated . I don't want any configuration files. – Sharad_740 May 05 '21 at 10:59