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Article #247Re: Ubuntu erased my whole hard drive
From: Stephan Rose
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 07:51
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 07:51
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On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:25:41 -0400, caver1 wrote: > Stephan Rose wrote: >> On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:04:28 -0700, rodolfo.garcia44 wrote: >> >>> On Oct 16, 6:03 am, Summercool <Summercooln...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> After installing Ubuntu, it seemed that everything on my Drive C: was >>>> lost. >>>> >>>> After hours of trying, it really turned out I lost EVERYTHING on my >>>> C: drive. >>>> >>>> So I had to reformat the whole C: drive, and reinstall Vista on it. >>>> >>>> I lost all my bookmarks, in both IE and Firefox. >>>> >>>> I needed to reinstall every single application. >>>> >>>> I needed to reinstall all security update for Vista all over again. >>>> >>>> I wasted at least 5, 6 hours. >>>> >>>> How can "Ubuntu - Humanity towards others" erases people's whole hard >>>> drive without a single warning? >>>> >>>> Think about it, some people may lose tens or hundreds of hours of >>>> work, or 4, 5 years of photos and memories, just because Ubuntu >>>> erases whole hard drive without warning. >>>> >>>> The following is the install option snapshot: IT NEVER warns you the >>>> content in drive C: will be totally erased. What's more, it is set as >>>> the DEFAULT ACTION. And it says it is "GUIDED": >>>> >>>> http://aycu03.webshots.com/image/32522/2001738602340396146_rs.jpg >> >> It says "Guided - Use entire disk". >> >> Now what particular part about "Use Entire Disk" is beyond your >> comprehension? >> >> >> > > There's also an option to use free space. caver1 Not on that screenshot there isn't. I think the free space option only appears if there acutally *is* free space that could be used in the first place or if there is a partition that can be safely resized to make free space. And then, the option will also be called such and won't be called "Use entire disk". -- Stephan 2003 Yamaha R6 ๅใฎใใจๆใๅบใๆฅใชใใฆใชใใฎใฏ ๅใฎใใจๅฟใใใจใใใชใใใ
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