[mdlug-newbie] Swap Windows hard drive for openSUSE hard drive

[Ingles, Raymond]

> CLMalmsten

> I learned yesterday at the mdlug meeting that before making the swap,
I
> should backup the folder C:\Dell. I no longer have my original
> drivers/utilities disk from Dell, and Backup is not an option under
System
> Tools. I'm wondering if I should backup anything besides this C:\Dell
> folder.

 Well, it never hurts to have good backups. Just copying the folder to a
flash drive or DVD should be enough, though, for backing up that folder.

> As a follow up to that question, does it matter whether I swap the
hard
> drives out, or whether I keep the Windows hard drive where it is (in
my
> laptop) and attach the new drive by USB? Any reason I wouldn't want to
do
> that?

 It'll be slower, that's all, if it's attached via USB.

 Another option, depending on how full the drive is, is to shrink the
Windows partition and put Linux on a new partition on the existing
drive.

> and if I did connect the new drive by USB, would I have the option
> at startup to choose which hard drive to use?

 Yeah, that can be done, but it can be a little trickier to set up.

 Sincerely,

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