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HowTo Reinstall Ubuntu
Reinstalling Ubuntu may sometimes be the quickest way to solve a problem (eg. if you broke your graphic driver).
Few people know it, but since Hardy it's possible to reinstall Ubuntu without loosing the content of the /home folder (which contains program settings, internet bookmarks, emails... and all the documents, music, videos that you have put in it). Even if /home is not a on separated partition. (which is the case by default if you did not manually separate it).
Here is HOWTO do it simply:
Before all
By security, backup your documents (including /home hidden files) on external disk or DVDs. (eg via CloneZilla)
Run Ubuntu installer
- run Ubuntu installer
- go until the "Installation type" (or "Allocate disk space") menu
- then choose the right option as described below:
Choose the right option
If you are using Ubuntu 11.10 or newer, you just need to select the "Upgrade 11.10 to 11.10" option of Ubuntu installer :
If your are using Ubuntu 11.04 or previous, you need to choose manual partitioning ("Something-else" entry), then select Ubuntu system partition, set its mount point as "/" (keep the same format type, the same size, and untick the "Format" checkbox).