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Article #258Re: Ubuntu erased my whole hard drive
From: dennis
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:02
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:02
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"lee h" <noti@domain.invalid> wrote in message news:MM7Ri.10622$lD6.5170@newssvr27.news.prodigy.net... > rodolfo.garcia44@gmail.com 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. >>> > > For the simplest Ubuntu install on a windows box, use Wubi > (Windows Ubuntu Installer). Its a bit too late for that. The lack of a suitable warning has made sure another potential Linux user will stick with something else. This is the problem with Linux .. it is written by geeks who have no idea how simple it has to be for the mass market. Windows would have warned the user at least twice before removing a Linux partition and that would be after selecting the partition and saying delete.
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