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My existing dual boot ubuntu/windows has a separate /home partition, /swap and a /data partition, along with the partitions windows installs.

The above is on one nvme ssd and a second nvme ssd has a /games folder.

If I take the live usb ubuntu option and install 23.04 will I be able to keep my /home partition and desktop?

makem
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    First you must have backups of Windows & Ubuntu. If you choose the Something Else install option, you choose existing / and existing /home (and must NOT format it), it auto finds swap. Save fstab entry for mounting data partition and add that back into new fstab with new install. – oldfred Aug 04 '23 at 18:50
  • Thank you oldfred, I will do that. Gparted shows an entry /var/snap/firefox/common/host-hunspell partition and I had never seen that before. Will it auto find it too? – makem Aug 04 '23 at 20:40
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    Does this answer your question? How to reinstall Ubuntu in the easiest way? – guiverc Aug 05 '23 at 01:01
  • Your details are unclear: Ubuntu had no release in 2023-March (23.03) so are you asking about Ubuntu or some other system. I have a Lubuntu kinetic* system here that I no longer have need for (already a lunar or 23.04 on that box) so I'll re-install non-destructively with Lubuntu mantic when I have some time as a QA-test install; I expect my data to exist post-install, my manually installed apps to also be re-installed (ie. I'll start clementine or a non-default music player & play my music as I assess install) and my box doesn't have separate /home partition either! – guiverc Aug 05 '23 at 01:04
  • Note: the results will vary with 3rd party applications (ie. it'll work with the 3rd party that packaged to allow it to work; and fail it the packager didn't consider upgrade!) and I had less than consistent results with Ubuntu 23.04 Desktop in QA (I had it both work, and some installs where my additional packages did not auto-reinstall!) but I suffered no loss of data even on less than ideal QA tests; but I can't recall which installer worked best (23.04 Desktop offers ubuntu-desktop-installer & ubiquity options!) except I had no issues with flavors using ubiquity or calamares. – guiverc Aug 05 '23 at 01:07
  • FYI: In your comment/question to @oldfred, I ignore any entries relating to snaps with regards mounts.. They're used to achieve the container model that snap packages use; however if I load gparted it does not see any such re-mount.. but I see multiple if I look via mount. Also note: my comment/dup-link is identical to what oldfred suggested anyway (additional add: on a number of non-destructive re-install of Ubuntu Desktop lunar, I enabled universe prior to starting installer; but I can't recall how that interacted with results mentioned in prior comment now sorry) – guiverc Aug 05 '23 at 01:08

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