dual boot fresh install question

[rossasbill]

I am dual booting Windows 7 and Ultimate.
I have 3.7 installed now and want to up it to 3.8.
I know from reading I cant I cant "upgrade" so ...
How do I erase 3.7 and fresh install 3.8 without hosing everything?

Yes Im a noob lol

[pam]

Backup your home folder on a real hard disk partition.
You might loose all your desktop settings..but everything else is stored in your home.

Use gparted or gnome-disks to create a new partition on your existing drive and then copy the entire /home folder onto the partition...thereby creating a separate /home partition. This way you never loose your data.

[pam]

would it be possible to incorporate that option intio the install gui so on install if it see's an existing linux it will ask if you want to replase and save your existing home folder for install on new system?

Yes, its easy to do so. Changing your entire OS without touching your /home partition.
http://askubuntu.com/questions/56051/re ... d-config-f
http://askubuntu.com/questions/278160/u ... ing-ubuntu

You can do this even after you finish installing a new OS provided you already have a /home partition....you just need to map it and make an entry to /etc/fstab...
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Parti ... ome/Moving

NOTE: IF you are new to this(doing it for the first time) make sure your /home partition is empty or you have made a backup of it before proceeding.

[rossasbill]

Thanks guys, I got it installed without issue. I just hit "do something else" and reformated the linux partitions and then installed. (after backing up my Home directory.

Really liking 3.8