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Hardware tends to break from time to time ;-) . This most often happens shortly after installation (< 1 month) or after the end of the average lifespan (e.g. > 5 years). | Hardware tends to break from time to time ;-) . This most often happens shortly after installation (< 1 month) or after the end of the average lifespan (e.g. > 5 years). | ||
=== | === HDD / SSD === | ||
Please remember that every hard drive/SSD will fail at some point and be prepared. Sometimes the data can still be read (then it's time for a final backup). But you can't rely on that. | Please remember that every hard drive/SSD will fail at some point and be prepared. Sometimes the data can still be read (then it's time for a final backup). But you can't rely on that. | ||
=== Power supply === | === Power supply === | ||
You can simply replace a broken power supply with a new one. If you | You can simply replace a broken power supply with a new one. If you have been very unlucky, the old power supply may have damaged other things like your motherboard or hard drives when it died. But that rarely happens. | ||
=== Motherboard === | === Motherboard === | ||
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In the simplest case it is enough to go to the UEFI boot selection. Your UEFI will then search for a suitable UEFI partition. And ideally finds the boot entry for the grub of manjaro. | In the simplest case it is enough to go to the UEFI boot selection. Your UEFI will then search for a suitable UEFI partition. And ideally finds the boot entry for the grub of manjaro. | ||
=== Upgrade === | |||
Sometimes you want to improve your computer without replacing it entirely. If you do this carefully, Manjaro doesn't even need to be reinstalled. | |||
==== CPU ==== | |||
Nothing to do. | |||
==== RAM ==== | |||
Nothing to do. | |||
==== GPU ==== | |||
Especially when changing vendor, please ask in manjaro forum for help with the right steps. | |||
==== HDD / SSD ==== | |||
You can use Gparted to create a GPT and partitions on the SSD. You can then use btrfs to [[Btrfs#Extend_a_volume|add a partition]] to your existing volume. | |||
If you want to keep your “old” HDD/SSD and have enough space, you can even easily [[Btrfs#Btrfs_RAID|set up a RAID10]] . | |||
== Software == | == Software == |