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I want to move from 32-bit Ubuntu 14.04 to 64-bit Ubuntu 14.10 (or 14.04).

I've already read Is it possible to "upgrade" from a 32bit to a 64bit installation?

I DO NOT care about the previously installed packages, settings, preferences or anything else from 14.04.

I've already made a list of manually installed packages by following drgrog's answer from Find out what packages were installed after os install , which I will later use to make fresh install of relevant packages on 64-bit OS.

I am concerned about only non-OS data (docs, videos, downloaded files etc.)

Is backup still necessary? How to do it?

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  • backup is always necessary! Also you will loose your data when you do the fresh install of the 64-bit system! – Alvar Oct 23 '14 at 07:46
  • I would just copy the data I want to save to an external hard drive. – Alvar Oct 23 '14 at 07:47

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The only measure to prevent data loss is:

Backup

It is very easy to install/upgrade Ubuntu keeping your data safe and untouched but from what we hear here it is apparently also easy to accidentally do something wrong which for so many unfortunate people led to a data loss.

Therefore whenever I plan to upgrade or install an OS I always do my regular backup before I start. I almost never needed to restore anything from that however.

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