by pch.shot » Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:54 am
I think you can save your home folder. I keep all my stuff on a separate hard drive and use one partition on the other for my operating system and software. Then I just do a clean install instead of upgrading(upgrading is neither faster nor easier). If you have only one hard drive split it into partitions, that way you never have to worry about losing data(unless the hard drive fails-that's what disc backup is for).
Systems Windows XP Pro 32 bit & various Linux in Virtual Box and VMWare Player
Intel i7 2600K cpu with built in Intel 3000 video
1 OCZ Vertex 3 120 gig ssd(System)
1 Western Digital 2 Terabyte Green internal hard drive(Storage)
Kingston ddr3 1333 ram(4 gig)
MSI Z68A-GD80(G3)mobo w/hdmi video and optical audio
Realtek HD audio
Realtek lan
1 LG sata optical drive
Antec Sonata IV case/620 watt psu
50 inch LG plasma tv/monitor
Sony surround sound amp
Axiom speakers
optical sound