On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 19:51:49 +1300, Robert Himmelmann wrote: > Another possibillity is to separate operating system and user > data. Just make another partition with /home and maybe one with /etc. If you > have any problem, just reinstall your distribution, configure the partition > table and reinstall all packages you use. Under SuSE you can also export a > list with all the packages installed. This way I used the same /home > directory over about 10 installations in half a year :)
Do the same under windows. You could make a separate partition D: and point "MyDocuments" to D: Other tricks to remember: Under windows "fdisk /mbr" will restore the windows boot record. Under linux "/sbin/lilo" as root will restore the lilo boot record. This is handy to remember if you ever play with windows and linux on the same box. Keeping a separate D: partition for "MyDocuments" gives you insurance if you ever need to restore windows - just make sure you burn each service pack to a CD whenever they come out. Disclaimer: I use only linux at home, all my windows knowledge comes from helping other people on their computers and may be sketchy or out of date. Check with a windows users before proceeding. Yuri -- ** WARNING to mailing list repliers ** Gmail over-rides "Reply-To:" field. Check your "To:" address before sending reply to this post.
