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<p><span class="bold"><strong>Install</strong></span></p>
<p>Use this option to perform a fresh installation of Mageia. This
will format the <code class="literal">root</code> partition
(<code class="filename">/</code>), but can preserve a pre-existing
<code class="filename">/home</code> partition (a dedicated /home partition, rather than being incorporated within the root (/) partition itself).
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<p><span class="bold"><strong>Upgrade</strong></span></p>
<p>Use this option to upgrade an existing installation of
Mageia.
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<p>Only upgrading from a previous Mageia version that was
<span class="emphasis"><em>still supported</em></span> when this Installer's version was
released, has been thoroughly tested. If you want to upgrade a Mageia
version that has reached its <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">End Of Life</span>”</span> then it is better
to do a <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">clean</span>”</span> install instead, while preserving your
<code class="filename">/home</code> partition.
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<p>If you have discovered that you forgot to select an additional
language, you can return from the <span class="emphasis"><em>Install or Upgrade</em></span>
screen to the language choice screen by pressing <span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>Alt</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>Home</strong></span>. Do<span class="bold"><strong> NOT</strong></span> do this later in
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