reinstall Kubuntu on the same Kubuntu

[nicrnicr]

Hello,
If I reinstall Kubuntu on the same Kubuntu which I have been using for years, will I have a new operating system with all my past files and past folders and past settings please?

[Snowhog]

The short answer is "Mostly". If you tell the installer not to format the /home partition, the contents of your /home/user partition will be untouched. If however, you tell the installer to format the /home partition, you loose everything, and end up with a 'fresh, first time' installation. Caveat Emptor: This assumes that you have separate partitions for / and /home.

Warning: IF YOU HAVE YOUR INSTALLATION SETUP WITH ONLY A ROOT ( / ) PARTITION, REINSTALLING WILL RESULT IN A 'fresh, first time' INSTALLATION.

[nicrnicr]

Thank you very much Snowhog .
I am the installer and I have my installation setup with only a root.

[jlittle]

Warning: IF YOU HAVE YOUR INSTALLATION SETUP WITH ONLY A ROOT ( / ) PARTITION, REINSTALLING WILL RESULT IN A 'fresh, first time' INSTALLATION.

Isn't that if you choose to format the partition? I thought if not, /home would not be overwritten.

Doing test installs, sometimes the installer has failed when I haven't formatted the root partition.

In any case, good backups (1-2-3 ideally) are a very good idea.

[Snowhog]

Isn't that if you choose to format the partition? I thought if not, /home would not be overwritten.

The OP only has one partition: root

[jlittle]

The OP only has one partition: root

When I said /home, I meant the /home directory tree within that root partition.

[Snowhog]

I can’t answer to that, as I’ve never had a single partition set up. The installer wouldn’t/couldn’t know about an embedded home directory in the root partition.