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Kain1219
01-27-2003, 04:05 PM
I'm currently running Windows ME and looking to install Red Hat. I have 2 HDs one of which has gigs of information I can't afford to lose. Now, if I remove Windows ME and install Linux will that have any ill effects on my data?
Kain1219
01-27-2003, 04:09 PM
The primary drive has just the OS, the secondary has all the data I need to keep.
hlrguy
01-27-2003, 04:19 PM
If you leave that HD alone, and install on the other one, then it should be fine. OS aside, anything that you would cry over losing if, say a rougue micrometeorite slammed into the HD it is on should be backed up, maybe twice to ZIPS, CDs, etc. It was a pain, but 9 CDs (18 actually cause I copied each CD as a backup tot he backup) to store off 14 gigs on 6.5 gigs of ogg files. I re-ripped 3000+ songs to ogg when I upgraded to Redhat. I aint doing that again. :D

hlrguy
hlrguy
01-27-2003, 04:21 PM
Side note: If you dont' have a burner, get one before you install. It installs perfectly when it exists during isntall, but is hard to do by hand after an install. Backing up your data should be the incentive...

hlrguy
Kain1219
01-27-2003, 04:32 PM
I guess I could back it up, but it's an 80gig HD thats about 75% full. It's full of music demos, mp3s, movies, games, recording software, etc... But if thats what I have to do in order to make sure it's safe I'll do it. I already have a burner and loads of blank CDs.
hlrguy
01-27-2003, 05:05 PM
Keep this in mind, before you eliminate Windows, the programs, recording software and games will probably not work, or work ONLY with emulator software that is hard to configure, in Linux. If you have room, dual boot until you find the Linux versions that do all you want, and barring that, be able to play the games, etc you want. If you have room on the OS Hard Drive, defrag Windows, then partition the size for Windows down. Then you can install Redhat on the remaining space on the 'OS' hard drive. Redhat has a program called fips on the first CD that you use in Windows to resize a Windows partition.

hlrguy

60 gig of data...ouch, that is a lot to back up.
Timothy L. Miller
01-27-2003, 05:56 PM
If you've got the money, get yourself an external hard drive to back up the info. Much simpler.