reinstalling faq is confusing

Bug #1213625 reported by Leo Arias
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Ubuntu One Servers
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Bug Description

Following a report from a support ticket, it seems that this page is not clear:

https://one.ubuntu.com/help/faq/im-setting-up-ubuntu-one-on-a-new-computer-or-re-installing-my-operating-system-how-should-i-do-this/

Here's the message:

I need to do a clean reinstall 12.04. I've set up a U1 account, but not put anything into it, and I'm finding the help page about this topic a bit convoluted and abstruse because of the article's emphasis on what NOT to do.

By eliding the "DO NOT" portions of the article, I'm left with the much more straightforward:

"If you have uploaded files to your Ubuntu One cloud storage and are now setting up a new computer or re-installing your operating system .... you are safe to setup Ubuntu One on your computer as you normally would."

Meaning, I take it, that in doing a clean install, I need do nothing in particular, I'll just reconnect to my account once I've done the install?

I would like you to consider re-writing this article and dividing it into three (or more) simple sections:

1 If doing a clean install without data,
2 doing a clean install with data,
3 & 4 upgrading your system with/without data
5. Whatever you do, don't [insert here the DO NOT info currently in the article].

Leo Arias (elopio)
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