Thread: Worth the effort to reformat?

silly question, perhaps. putting fresh install of ubuntu on machine , has me wondering 1 using. did install when new linux , rather stupid whole thing. does, however, work. saying quite bit considering hours spent getting wireless work after upgrading 11.04. wondering whether worth time , effort of data machine, reformat disk, , try again. think sitting on ntfs disk right now. i'm wondering if performance , speed improving of switching ext4 merit hassle of backing , re-installing everything. or able create disk image, reformat, , lay image down?

ubuntu not install on ntfs not possible, unless have wubi install inside windows wubi install, not regular install on hdd.

if wubi install, speed improvement (and whole lot more) regular hard drive install.

if have time, , shouldn't take much, go bother of having @ gparted @ have, make plan, , go it! stick lts releases myself have couple of 15gb partitions spare installing other things. might want like:

/ = 15-20gb (is plenty)
/home = big like
/swap = size of ram (the debate continues, though; twice size of ram hibernate)

way, if upgrade or want clean install in future personal data in /home safe , can kill / re-installing on it. ideas, have:

/windows7 = 40gb, ntfs
/10.10 = 15gb, ext4
/10.04 minimal install = 15gb, ext4
/os2 partition empty = 15gb, ext4
/home = 145gb, ext4
/misc = 40gb, ntfs: share data win7
/swap = 4gb

have fun. remember: windows cannot read/write ext* partitions natively. ubuntu/linux can read/write ntfs partitions.

after thought, may decide need adjust sizes of partitions rather re-install. this, boot livecd , use gparted. unmount partitions want shrink/expand. luck.

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