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

I have two physical drives so I can dual boot. I've already disabled Bitlocker so I can directly copy the Windows files and folders to the Linux drive. The backup is temporarily kept in an external drive for redundancy in case I screw up the transfer process.

Am I covered in a setup like this?

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago

As a general rule when it comes reinstalling a computer while preserving data, I will always recommend removing all drives but the boot drive during install.

Especially since Linux and Windows identifies hard drives in a very different manner.

This is done to prevent any mistake and make it easier to understand what drive contains what data.