I kept a partition named Data (already btrfs, no need to encrypt) which was large enough to essentially copy all of my root partition in case of a failure. I nevertheless went ahead and exported some crucial data ### GPG keys `gpg --export-sekret-keys` to a secure, non-shared location ### SSH keys Copy `~/.ssh/` somewhere secure ### Kubectl config Just to be sure ### Copy `~/.config` Do I need to explain? I did a little filtering and removed a few folders belonging to apps I was 100% sure to have uninstalled a while ago ### Make list of installed apps `pacman -Qe > ...txt` ### Copy `/etc`, `/opt`, `/srv`, ... to be sure ### Continue onto [[Post Wipe]]