Honestly I don't think you'll loose your data, as long as you choose not to reformat it. I can't imagine a scenario where they do a full disk wipe On 12 April 2014 10:37, Tini <trin@...> wrote: > I did a quick check, my local shop sells 'HGST Touro Mobile' XHDD > for $55. So, I'll grab one next week and backup all of my home files > (shoulda did that already) and then install the new OS. > > --- Original Message --- > From: Thierry de Coulon <tdecoulon@...> > To: trinity-users@... > Subject: Re: [trinity-users] Doing Non-Destructive Installations? > Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2014 > > On Saturday 12 April 2014 04.52:21 Calvin Morrison wrote: >> well... Okay here's a longer answer... You could in theory delete >> everything besides your home folder, then install on partition, and >> manually make a user when you're done the install. > > Yep, but be aware that if anything goes wrong you WILL lose your data. > > You don't say how much space you have or why another drive is no option, but having 700 GB of valuable data and no backup... that's dangerous. > > Hard disks do die... > > Thierry > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@... > For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@... > Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ > Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting >