Hello Sam, Friday, May 23, 2008, 10:29:41 AM, you wrote:
> I just got the new Ubuntu and decided to try it. > I put in the CD, followed the instructions to install, and the darn > thing trashed both my hard drives by the time it was through. > I had an EXT3 partition I thought it would use. > That drive it wiped everything off it and took over the end of the other > drive. > It squashed my 2 other partitions right up against each other at the > beginning of the drive, taking up all the extra space. > All my data was on partition 2 and it squashed it so tightly I can not > even access it. > The first partition had my Windows on it. > Windows would still run, but it was useless because it could not access > the data on partition 2. > Can anyone tell me how to install Ubuntu without trashing everything > after I get my computer back running again? > Or is it necessary to install it on it's own box? > Sam I had no problems such as this, however I didn't let it automatically do things. Which I am willing to bet, you did. This wasn't Ubuntu's fault. I have a XP/Ubuntu machine & a Vista/XP/Ubuntu machine. -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...
