Re: Full replacement of MS
From: Ron Johnson (ron.l.johnson_at_cox.net)
Date: 11/29/04
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To: Debian-User <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 13:20:56 -0600
On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 05:36 -0800, ken keanon wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm still toying with the idea of fully replacing Windows w Debian
> GNU/Linux. The doubt I am still having is this: will I be able to use
> all the data that I had created under Windows, those documents,
> emails, images, audios and videos? Anyone has done a complete and
> successful conversion? Will I have to start-off with a dual-OS system
> and do the conversion via the HD? Or should I carry out a MS Backup
> of all these data to a CD-RW and use it for the conversion under
> LInux? Would like to hear from you.
Well, one problem is that the MS Backup format is not portable.
Better to "just" burn the plain data files (.DOC, .XLS, .MP3,
etc, etc) to CR-RW. (Which you should be doing anyway.)
Also, I'd try to add a 2nd hard disk, and install Debian on the
2nd drive. Then, dual boot until you've come to a point where
you don't need Windows anymore.
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