[ubuntu-in] installing Linux without formating root partition

[Saurav Modak]

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On Jan 19, 2013 1:19 AM, "Alok Singh Mahor" <alokmahor at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> what if I install Linux without formating root partition? new files will
be overwritten or all the files/folder first get deleted before
installation get start?
>

You have to format the root partition in order to reinstall a new Gnu/linux
distro. Thats where all the programs are stored.

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