need to switch computers without losing data

[Tom Poe]

Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Tuesday 13 February 2007, Tom Poe wrote:
>   
>> My daughter has a PIII with FC5 on it.  Troubleshooting flowchart
>> indicates power supply died.  We're going to the UMN recycle store, and
>> get a PIII or newer.  Can someone point me to the steps needed to take
>> the hard drive out of the dead computer, and put it in the new computer,
>> and not lose the data?  I'm thinking there might be issues with just
>> switching hard drive to another computer with different hardware
>> configuration.
>> Any help appreciated,
>>     
>
> My advice would be to mount the drive from the dead computer as a second 
> drive, then wipe the hard disk in the new computer and install FC6 on that.  
> Put /home on a separate partition on that drive.  All your data, settings, 
> bookmarks, cookies etc. will be on the second drive and can be copied into 
> the new /home.
>
> The reason I suggest doing it this way, rather than just using the /home on 
> the second drive, is that configuration files used in one version sometimes 
> cause problems in the newer version.  This way you have access to everything 
> you had before, and can use it with the new setup.
>
> Of course, you could always just put a new power supply in the existing 
> computer.
>
> Anne
>
>
>   
Anne:  the phrase, "wipe the hard disk" is the same as, "install FC6 
install CD, and select 'New Install'"?
Tom