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In my /etc/os-release file, it says I'm using Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS"

My Dad bought a laptop with XUbuntu OS 3 years ago, but he has no idea how to use it & neither do I. I'm a software dev but only have about a years worth of Linux experience, let alone XUbuntu. Long story short, if I try to help my dad with anything on his computer, I'm always like...."Welp, if you were on WinX I'd know how to do this immediately but I'd have to research since you're on XUbuntu."

I'm tired of it, & want him on WinX. I wanted to dual boot XUbuntu & WinX by installing WinX on a new partition on the HDD, but......it's an MBR disk, so I think my only option would be to convert the MBR disk to GPT. Well I found a YouTube tutorial for just that here. But.....I know it's in my wisest interest to create a backup.

There's 97GB stored on the disk total. I already copied over my Dads /home folder. I just don't want to lose anything my Dad has on this computer.

Is there any other folder I should copy? Should I just copy the entire file system? Is there a safer way to get WinX on this computer? Should I expect any problems converting the disk from MBR to GPT?

Any and all advice or knowledge or correction of misconceptions, is more than appreciated.

Bwizz
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if you have separate home partition, don't touch it, make filesystem.squashfs from xubuntu root partition, save it in usb drive or make live usb by this file. after that you can install win on first partition, and install ubuntu or reinstall xubuntu from filesystem.squashfs or its live USB on another partition.
if you don't have separate home partition you can create it and flow the steps above.

Talaat Etman
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