This began as "printer again" and I mentioned a number of
crashes. I have decided to start over, i.e., loading a new
version of OpenSUSE-TW. I obviously would like to save
as much of my own files and apps as possible. I've never
done this before, so I don't know what I have to do.
gparted shows some Windows partitions, then
/dev/nvme0n1p6 as ext4 /
and
/dev/nvme0n1p7 as ext4 /home
mount point shows as
/run/media/doug/4640427543C81F7S
The / and /home are formatted ext4, and I want
to keep this formatting.
It does appear that my own stuff is in /home, but is this
just the CONTENTS of the apps, or the entire installed app?
That is, do I have to look up and install all the apps over
again?
I have an outboard H/D with nothing on it, which gparted
calls /dev/sda1, formatted ntfs at present. I want to copy
the entire /home directory to this, and then copy it back to
the cleaned up and reinstalled system.
Should I leave the ntfs format, or should I change it?
If so, to what? ext4?
What should I be doing to get all this done, neatly and cleanly?
Before you go: There MAY be a problem with the eset AV program.
Is this something (which I paid for) that I have to eliminate, and if
so, what can I replace it with? It seemed that before I went for
eset I tried to install something free, but unsuccessfully.
Sorry for the long post, but you folks have been a big help to
this newbie to OpenSUSE, and I hope you will do so again.
Thank you!
--doug