I’m going to switch from Windows 11 to Linux soon but first I wish to backup every every data and config files I can in my current Windows installation, even those that wouldn’t natively work in Linux. I know the \Users folder is important to back up, but I don’t know what other directories I am missing.

  • enchantedgoldapple@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
    1·
    16 days ago

    I have two physical drives so I can dual boot. I’ve already disabled Bitlocker so I can directly copy the Windows files and folders to the Linux drive. The backup is temporarily kept in an external drive for redundancy in case I screw up the transfer process.

    Am I covered in a setup like this?

    • stoy@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      16 days ago

      As a general rule when it comes reinstalling a computer while preserving data, I will always recommend removing all drives but the boot drive during install.

      Especially since Linux and Windows identifies hard drives in a very different manner.

      This is done to prevent any mistake and make it easier to understand what drive contains what data.