Reinstall Ubuntu but keep your home folder

Courtesy Ubuntu-News.net  Mon, 07/14/2008 - 02:19

I started with Feisty Fawn, and after upgrading once Gutsy Gibbon came out, I decided I never wanted to go through that pain again.

That was, until I discovered that you could move your /home folder and all of its contents to another hard drive.

I was thrilled.

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