I am a windows 10 user, just started into development and I want to switch to Linux but My hard drive is almost full (900 GB / 1TB), and I don't want to loose my data how can I switch without loosing any data, Is there any way to do that without parallel boot and just use only Linux.
Started learning to program seriously early 2017. Love fixing problems so decided to switch careers from e-commerce and management to programming and web dev. Longterm goal is full stack developer.
You can put Ubuntu on a flash drive and run it as a test that way. You'll have the option to try out the OS or format your hd. Just choose the test out option. There's a few other ways but this one is the simplest.
You can try the linux subsystem on windows 10 though right now as Bash and base linux is available now. Assuming you have room this is a fantastic way to get some practice and learn the command line and get the basics in.
Actually I have already installed ubuntu bash on my system, but I use git bash I found it more comfortable to use, I have Intermediate understanding of command line, I just got irritate with windows. Like unexpected shut down, low memory every single time when I open more than 4 tabs in chrome, along with VS Code open, and even I open another window of the terminal it crashes sometimes. I tried elementry os distro with a flash drive It's beautiful but I guess there are some driver issue with it, so Now I just wanted to switch to ubuntu without My data loss.
Started learning to program seriously early 2017. Love fixing problems so decided to switch careers from e-commerce and management to programming and web dev. Longterm goal is full stack developer.
A NAS would be a good solution.
Push all your data to the NAS and access it from you Windows or Linux that you installed on Dual Boot (that's what I'm doing and it works pretty well from the last 5 years ).
By 'parallel boot', I assume you mean 'dual boot'. Don't be afraid of having a dual boot and using only Linux ;)
Since an Ubuntu flavor takes fewer than 10G, you should consider shrinking your last partition to free enough space for installing Linux. 30G is more than enough to install various IDEs, toolchains, etc.
Then, you can simply mount your 900G partition(s) on Linux to access your data. No loss at all.
Of course, backup your data regularly & especially before the shrink & the installation ;)
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I am a windows 10 user, just started into development and I want to switch to Linux but My hard drive is almost full (900 GB / 1TB), and I don't want to loose my data how can I switch without loosing any data, Is there any way to do that without parallel boot and just use only Linux.
You can put Ubuntu on a flash drive and run it as a test that way. You'll have the option to try out the OS or format your hd. Just choose the test out option. There's a few other ways but this one is the simplest.
You can try the linux subsystem on windows 10 though right now as Bash and base linux is available now. Assuming you have room this is a fantastic way to get some practice and learn the command line and get the basics in.
here's a quick tutorial. (i edited this from the original post as this method is much simpler)
howtogeek.com/249966/how-to-instal...
for the ubuntu test:
They have a tutorial here. tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/try-...
Actually I have already installed ubuntu bash on my system, but I use git bash I found it more comfortable to use, I have Intermediate understanding of command line, I just got irritate with windows. Like unexpected shut down, low memory every single time when I open more than 4 tabs in chrome, along with VS Code open, and even I open another window of the terminal it crashes sometimes. I tried elementry os distro with a flash drive It's beautiful but I guess there are some driver issue with it, so Now I just wanted to switch to ubuntu without My data loss.
I'd invest in an external hd and switch that way. i grabbed a reasonable external hd on amazon for 70 bucks a while back. i think it was 2TB
Actually did the same, backed up my data and did a fresh installation. Loving it, linux is awesome. Specially zsh shell and oh-my-zsh.
A NAS would be a good solution.
Push all your data to the NAS and access it from you Windows or Linux that you installed on Dual Boot (that's what I'm doing and it works pretty well from the last 5 years ).
By 'parallel boot', I assume you mean 'dual boot'. Don't be afraid of having a dual boot and using only Linux ;)
Since an Ubuntu flavor takes fewer than 10G, you should consider shrinking your last partition to free enough space for installing Linux. 30G is more than enough to install various IDEs, toolchains, etc.
Then, you can simply mount your 900G partition(s) on Linux to access your data. No loss at all.
Of course, backup your data regularly & especially before the shrink & the installation ;)