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Article #286Re: Ubuntu erased my whole hard drive
From: olfart
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:21
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:21
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<rodolfo.garcia44@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1192557868.019180.120530@q3g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > 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 >> >> I see that intermixed at the last install info page, it is said that >> some partition on your hard drive will get erased. But how do I know >> it isn't some partition that Ubuntu will create for me? Why not just >> say "it means your whole hard drive's content will be erased" -- best >> right after people click the "partition for whole drive" option. >> >> When it asked "How would you like to partition your hard drive", >> choosing "Use entire drive" seems like "Yes, I want to partition my >> entire C: drive and just make it dual boot with whatever OS that is >> already there". And turned out actually it means, "use my whole C >> drive and erase everything in it." >> >> Humanity towards others -- yes, when you make the software, think >> about it can be you, your children in the future, or someone not as >> skilled as you who will be using it. People don't have time to read >> thousands of words of warning and note for the installation. Just >> spend a little time to warn time before doing something as destructive >> as erasing the whole hard drive. > > > What do you expect? > You didn't read the mountains of documentation that come with the > typical Linux distribution, all via Google of course. > Before you even begin to think about installing Linux, you must do > your homework. > > You must learn about partitioning, the dev structure and all kinds of > interesting stuff like that. > You see, Linux is not like Windows. > Linux assumes you have a brain, which obviously you don't. > > You have nobody to blame but yourself. > Next time read the How-To's and Wikis before you damage your system. > > Linux is s**t Remeber to wipe yourself before you reinstall windows
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