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Which directories should I back up in Windows before moving to Linux? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 month ago by enchantedgoldapple@sopuli.xyz to c/windows11@lemmy.world

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I'm going to switch from Windows 11 to Linux soon but first I wish to backup every every data and config files I can in my current Windows installation, even those that wouldn't natively work in Linux. I know the \Users folder is important to back up, but I don't know what other directories I am missing.

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[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Also, if you can afford it, get a fresh hard drive for Linux. Save your old one. Windows being Windows, you never know where an insanely important file might be hiding.

[–] enchantedgoldapple@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ideally I would have arranged a spare drive. Sadly it won't be possible right now given the SSD shortage.

[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago

I had the same problem. Eventually settled on an old-fashioned rotary drive, copied my entire Windows partition over to it before I made the jump. And I'm very glad I did, there was some stuff in ProgramData I missed.