Elementary OS attach separate partition '/home' from previous install

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  1. arjunm009

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    Had a while ago moved from Xubuntu 16.04 to Elementary OS.

    On Xubuntu, I had a separate '/home' partition, with a lot of stuff. When I clean installed Elementary OS, it didn't erase the '/home' partition, as I was expecting.

    Rather, it has created a new '/home' folder on the root partition itself.
    - Is there any way to merge and move it from root, to that separate home partition from xubuntu?
    - Otherwise would not mind if the Xubuntu home needs to be erased to create a new one separate from root. But merging would be neat, though not necessary.

    Some notes -
    1. eOS root alloted 20gb. So it shares with its own '/home' folder.
    2. '/home' partition from Xubuntu has 20gb of its own.
    3. Had installed eOS by selecting the automatic, "Wipe Xubuntu for a clean eOS install" rather than the manual disk partition setup.
    4. Already has a backup of '/home' of Xubuntu.
    5. Has installed GNOME Disk Utitlity.
     

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