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hanugm
Asked: 2018-01-16 12:33:34 +0800 CST

Formatting ubuntu partition from command line without reinstallation

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I installed Ubuntu 16.04 alongside Linux mint 18.

I installed of plenty softwares, changed path variables and many other things that made my Ubuntu messy.

I need to restore Ubuntu as before. So, i want to format Ubuntu partition to make it new again (as fresh OS after installation). How can I do it through terminal or some other means without installing OS again?

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  1. Best Answer

    There's no practical way to restore a "well used" Ubuntu partition to its original "just installed" state, short of reinstalling Ubuntu -- and if there were, it would likely take longer than just installing Ubuntu fresh.

    The one potential exception to this is if you made a complete "image" backup of your Ubuntu immediately after installation -- in which case, restoring that "image" of both / and /home would put Ubuntu back to "freshly installed" condition.

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