I would like to install a fresh ubuntu 11.04 on my home computer that has a few user accounts I will need to restore.
I currently use 'Back in Time' to back up my data. I want to make sure everyone's account is preserved with their data and settings and was wondering if these backups will suffice? If I restore their folders into the new 'home' folder on the fresh install, will this recreate their accounts and settings? Or is there a better way to accomplish this?
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Best Answer
Ideally,
/home
should be on a separate partition. Then, when you install, specify your partitions manually. Set up your home partition to live at/home
and make sure you don't format it. Then, you should have everything set up fine.If you don't have a separate partition, you can use GParted to resize your partition and create a /home partition (which should usually be the largest partition) as ext4 or ext3. Then, copy everything in
/home
to the new partition and set upfstab
.Then, add the following line to
/etc/fstab
: