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Article #283Re: Ubuntu erased my whole hard drive
From: caver1
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 02:25
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 02:25
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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
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