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Article #268Re: Ubuntu erased my whole hard drive
From: spike1
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:01
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:01
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In the sacred domain of comp.os.linux.advocacy, dennis@home <dennis@killspam.kicks-ass.net> didnst hastily scribble thusly: > "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. What lack of suitable warning? Can you show us some screen shots of this "lack of warning"? > This is the problem with Linux .. No it isn't. > it is written by geeks who have no idea > how simple it has to be for the mass market. No it isn't. Ever installed windows? > 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. Hahaha, oh really? Let's see some proof that linux didn't warn him then, shall we? -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | spike1@freenet.co.uk | Windows95 (noun): 32 bit extensions and a | | | graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit | |Andrew Halliwell BSc(hons)| operating system originally coded for a 4 bit | | in |microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that| | Computer Science | can't stand 1 bit of competition. | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Subject: Re: Ubuntu erased my whole hard drive
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