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Article #266Re: Ubuntu erased my whole hard drive
From: Stephan Rose
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:01
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:01
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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? -- Stephan 2003 Yamaha R6 ๅใฎใใจๆใๅบใๆฅใชใใฆใชใใฎใฏ ๅใฎใใจๅฟใใใจใใใชใใใ
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