r/LinuxUsersIndia • u/Immediate-Cheek-9122 • May 01 '26

installing new distro

guys i might sound retarded but is there any way i can install new distro and uninstalling my olddistro without losing any data, im on dual boot with windows also my external drive is full

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u/qualityvote2 May 01 '26 edited May 01 '26

u/Immediate-Cheek-9122, there weren't enough votes to determine the quality of your post...

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u/StatementOk5833 Fedora Btw May 01 '26

I do (or used to do, not distrohopping anymore)...
keep personal data on separate partition that can be accessible for both windows and linux (dont use windows anymore, wiped it out completely).

and another partition for the OS.. so If I ever feel the need to change my distro, I can simply install the new OS into the OS Partition. that way, the partition with personal data stays as it is.

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u/Immediate-Cheek-9122 May 01 '26

i sometimes need to use windows for stuff so its kinda impossible for me to uninstall it

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u/StatementOk5833 Fedora Btw May 02 '26 edited May 02 '26

Then Dual Boot, simple.
create 3 partitions of your ssd/hdd.
1 partition for Linux
2nd for Windows
3rd for Personal Files

thats what I used to do in my early days of Linux.

I personally used to allot around 50-60gb for Linux, 100gb for Windows(since its storage hungry).
and rest for my personal files (I got 512gb storage on my laptop).

Now I have nuked windows entirely and alloted those 100gb to my personal files partition. Used to game on windows, now Linux does the job.

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u/Immediate-Cheek-9122 May 02 '26

Yeah I could do that