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Somehow I have got boot failure message while the ubuntu is loading. I want to format the OS keeping the data I have undisturbed. The datas are kept in root partition. Will formatting the boot partition erase root's data ?

avishekdr
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In order to do this, you would need to have your data on a different partition. ie:

[drive]
   |   
   +--- [volume1]
   |        +---[LVM (All linux partitions)]
   |
   +--- [volume2]
            +---[Data Partition]

edit: Because you have all your data on the root directory, yes you will loose it if you format the drive. You can create a new data partition on the drive, move your data to it and then go from there. But you will probably need to manually edit the partitions, not let it auto partition during the install...

Roxana
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