Re: Ubuntu erased my whole hard drive

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From: olfart
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:41

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"Summercool" <Summercoolness@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/browse_thread/thread/4e798345b0867259/a47e92401f123e53#a47e92401f123e53
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>> Installing Ubuntu erased the whole hard drive without warning
>
>
> Partition merely means dividing the data.  It doesn't mean erasing.
>
> I can partition my drive without losing a single file.
>
> yet ubuntu's partition didn't clearly say that it will erase the whole
> drive besides dividing the drive.
>
> posting on the Mac forum gets a warm feeling.  posting on the Windows
> forum still get a helpful feeling.  on Linux it is the very opposite
> of Mac.
>
That 'warm feeling" is Linux running down your leg

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