Continue downloading files in a new Ubuntu installation, from the same state that was in a broken Ubuntu installation

[william]

My Ubuntu has broken. I had downloaded some files and I was downloading other files using Deluge Torrent client. I would like to install Deluge in the new Ubuntu installation that I am going to do, and be able to continue downloading those files that I was downloading but that did not finished downloading, from the same state that they were (example 20% of file A had already been downloaded).

I have seen that exists a directory with the .torrent files and 2 files named torrents.fastresume and torrents.state

/william/.config/deluge/state

If I copy those files in the state directory in the new Ubuntu installation after installing Deluge, will I be able to continue Deluge in the same state that was in the broken Ubuntu installation?

All the files downloaded using Deluge (those ones that have fully downloaded and those ones that have partially downloaded) are stored in an external hard drive

[mhertz]

Yes, but backup the whole deluge dir just in case, but I believe you're correct and deluge would continue where left, after having done a recheck on the files in progress. If also copying over the core.conf(or just whole deluge profile dir) then you're settings are retained too, and if keeping same mount point for the external drive, then downloading should happen automatically, after a recheck, I believe.

[william]

Finally I could install Ubuntu without losing data in /home partition, that is where Deluge files are: ~/.config/deluge/. I installed Deluge in the new Ubuntu OS that was installed in / partition but as said Delug files were not deleted, so after installing Deluge the files that were partially downloaded, continued from that point.