Install Pop!_OS 20.04 LTS without losing data

[Makam E Mahmud]

How do I install Pop!_OS 20.04 LTS without losing any data whatsoever? 

 

I have a Windows OS and wanting to install Pop OS. I have my Windows Partition on a HardDisk which is partitioned and has some files, I don't have any media to store those files in as a backup, so what should I do? 

[Master Disaster]

What you want is impossible. You cannot do a non destructive install from Windows to Linux for a multitude of reasons but mostly because Windows uses NTFS and Linux uses EXT4 meaning you have to format the entire drive, its unavoidable.

[Makam E Mahmud]

Just now, Master Disaster said:

What you want is impossible. You cannot do a non destructive install from Windows to Linux for a multitude of reasons but mostly because Windows uses NTFS and Linux uses EXT4 meaning you have to format the entire drive, its unavoidable.

Thanks for the reply, then I'll have to install it later. Thanks BTW 

[Master Disaster]

23 minutes ago, Makam E Mahmud said:

Thanks for the reply, then I'll have to install it later. Thanks BTW 

How much data is there? If its less than 5GB you can use Google Drive or Onedrive to save it while you do the install.

[lacek]

14 hours ago, Master Disaster said:

What you want is impossible. You cannot do a non destructive install from Windows to Linux for a multitude of reasons but mostly because Windows uses NTFS and Linux uses EXT4 meaning you have to format the entire drive, its unavoidable.

Linux can use a number of filesystem, EXT4 is among them. You can even use FAT, but perhaps not really for the root partition.

 

Second: one can resize NTFS parition without losing data, and install Linux on the freed up space.

 

Third: does OP really want to use Linux? What for?