I'm using some old Linux mint distro (32 bit) and I want to upgrade to 64 bit. Is there any way that I can do so without loosing my current data such as files and folders and pictures my current OS is running from a SSD. So please guide me through this.
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I'm using some old Linux mint distro (32 bit) and I want to upgrade to 64 bit. Is there any way that I can do so without loosing my current data such as files and folders and pictures my current OS is running from a SSD. So please guide me through this.
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Have a backup on an external drive and just try. If it doesn't work, just reinstall and restore the backup. Done.
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I'm using some old Linux mint distro (32 bit) and I want to upgrade to 64 bit. Is there any way that I can do so without loosing my current data such as files and folders and pictures my current OS is running from a SSD. So please guide me through this.
Cheers Frost.
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I'm using some old Linux mint distro (32 bit) and I want to upgrade to 64 bit. Is there any way that I can do so without loosing my current data such as files and folders and pictures my current OS is running from a SSD. So please guide me through this.
Cheers Frost.
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Have a backup on an external drive and just try. If it doesn't work, just reinstall and restore the backup. Done.
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Have a backup on an external drive and just try. If it doesn't work, just reinstall and restore the backup. Done.
– RoVo
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Have a backup on an external drive and just try. If it doesn't work, just reinstall and restore the backup. Done.
– RoVo
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Have a backup on an external drive and just try. If it doesn't work, just reinstall and restore the backup. Done.
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The best answer that I can come up to is to reinstall the system for a 64-bit. Since you're updating the system there's a absolutely possibility of breaking the system and loosing those files completely.
So I guess you must be having a separate /root and /home partition. Just go and the install the system on /root without formatting your /home folder.
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The best answer that I can come up to is to reinstall the system for a 64-bit. Since you're updating the system there's a absolutely possibility of breaking the system and loosing those files completely.
So I guess you must be having a separate /root and /home partition. Just go and the install the system on /root without formatting your /home folder.
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The best answer that I can come up to is to reinstall the system for a 64-bit. Since you're updating the system there's a absolutely possibility of breaking the system and loosing those files completely.
So I guess you must be having a separate /root and /home partition. Just go and the install the system on /root without formatting your /home folder.
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The best answer that I can come up to is to reinstall the system for a 64-bit. Since you're updating the system there's a absolutely possibility of breaking the system and loosing those files completely.
So I guess you must be having a separate /root and /home partition. Just go and the install the system on /root without formatting your /home folder.
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The best answer that I can come up to is to reinstall the system for a 64-bit. Since you're updating the system there's a absolutely possibility of breaking the system and loosing those files completely.
So I guess you must be having a separate /root and /home partition. Just go and the install the system on /root without formatting your /home folder.
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