[clue] [Windows] Upgrading OS

[Matt Dew]

On 04/01/2011 09:37 AM, grant at amadensor.com wrote:
> I am working on upgrading my Debian 6.0 machine to Windows 7.  I am
> looking for the increased reliability, lower overall cost, and the
> ability to run the only real browser, Internet Explorer, without
> jumping through so many hoops.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas for doing an in place upgrade, so I don't
> have to back up all of my data to an external drive?   It is over a
> terabyte, and will take a long time to copy off and back.  I would
> like to at least keep my home partition.
>
> Ideally, I would be able to use it as is from Windows 7.   I would
> also like to transfer over all of my applications too, but expect that
> I will need to reinstall most of them from scratch.  Has anyone gotten
> K3B working in Win 7?

/dev/null is a fantastic backup device. Not many people know that.   I 
would suggest:
cp -a / /dev/null


null means 'backup' in Swedish (Linus'  mother tongue.) and will show up 
in Windows 7 as 'old_linux_backup'