irelephant [he/him]@programming.devM to iiiiiiitttttttttttt@programming.devEnglish · 6 days agoTwo by two, onto the usb you go.programming.devimagemessage-square52linkfedilinkarrow-up1347arrow-down18file-text
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Transcript A picture of Noahs Ark. It has the caption “How I feel Gathering all my files before reinstalling windows”
minus-squareBeryl@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·edit-26 days agoYour files should always be on another partition than your system. I relocate user folders (documents, pictures, etc.) to a dedicated partition. It saves a lot of time when you have to reinstall.
minus-squareDemdaru@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·edit-26 days agoDunno about OP but if I reinstall windows, that’s my nuclear version of cleaning files xD Save what’s critical, nuke the rest, start fresh. Habit from the old days but still works and feels good.
minus-squareZorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 days agoIdeally, separate physical drive.
minus-squareChilledPeppers@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days agoI wouldn’t trust windows install enough to do that lol
minus-squareirelephant [he/him]@programming.devOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoSame. I’d still back everything up.
Your files should always be on another partition than your system. I relocate user folders (documents, pictures, etc.) to a dedicated partition. It saves a lot of time when you have to reinstall.
Dunno about OP but if I reinstall windows, that’s my nuclear version of cleaning files xD
Save what’s critical, nuke the rest, start fresh. Habit from the old days but still works and feels good.
Ideally, separate physical drive.
I wouldn’t trust windows install enough to do that lol
Same. I’d still back everything up.