*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1265192 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1265192
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1265192
Reinstallation wipes out all/other partitions
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I just posted a comment on this over at bug #1265192 but perhaps it is
more appropriate for this bug. Since I wrote this comment, I have been
thinking about the number of users who a) know about AskUbuntu, b) look
up their problem, c) do not find an existing answer, and d) bother to
ask a
** No longer affects: ubiquity
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Title:
warning colour needed when the entire disk will be used
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And it happened again ... this time the poor newbie asks:
'p.s. please have less ambiguous instructions during the installation. I
seriously had no idea that option I chose was going to remove Windows..
'
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2203184
We need to do something!
Oldfred at the
** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed = Triaged
** Also affects: ubiquity
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Milestone: None = ubuntu-14.04
** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Milestone: ubuntu-14.04 = ubuntu-14.04-beta-1
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Another case where a user has overwritten Windows by mistake ... or
because the Ubuntu installer gave wrong information.
See this link
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2202595p=12914574#post12914574
and that whole thread. Can it be like I suspect, that it is possible to
select 'install
This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.
A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1256874
** Tags added: iso-testing
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Sorry if I came across as condescending :^(
Here's a recent report at the forums:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2195105
To me that indicates that ubiquity is somehow buggy but with no actual
info we don't know what's wrong.
We really need to have someone with access to Win 7 and Win
The issue is not just the 4 primary partitions in use with MBR. We are
seeing the the forums many users over writing UEFI Windows with gpt
partitioning. Again not sure if just user error or why it is occurring
but it is a lot more than one or two accidentally picking wrong choice.
Several have
** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided = Medium
** Also affects: hundredpapercuts
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Good idea to mark it as a papercut :-)
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Title:
warning colour needed when the entire disk will be used
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What's needed is actual logs indicating what went wrong.
Sadly when things go wrong the number 1 priority becomes recovering as
much as possible, or quite often the user that unintentionally lost an
OS/data just goes away forever!
So what we need is testers with Win 7 Win 8 to test the
Silly thought; have a warning to the effect of, Are all of your
operating systems and data partitions presented here? If not please
request help at ..!
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I could not upload both files to the first comment, so here comes the
old (current) version of the second screen when using the entire disk.
** Attachment added: erase-disk-old.png
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1256874/+attachment/3921334/+files/erase-disk-old.png
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
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Status: New = Confirmed
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I would say rather than a color, that a dialog pop up where no is the
default and that yes has to be chosen manually. Answering no should
bring the user back to the previous dialog where installation type is
selected, giving the user a second look at the choices.
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That would be more than my minimum, but yes Lars, such a pop-up with
no as default would make it much safer :-)
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Title:
warning colour needed
I think an additional case for a strong warning screen should be added:
when an existing NTFS or FAT32 partition is set to be deleted or
modified in any way. This would help newbies coming over from Windows.
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This is a great point to think clearly about the contents of the
message.
The prospective user needs to understand clearly that the erase and
install option leaves no chance of returning to the previous state
unless there is a separate backup.
I can easily believe that the inexperienced or
2013-12-02 17:48, Chris Hermansen skrev:
This is a great point to think clearly about the contents of the
message.
The prospective user needs to understand clearly that the erase and
install option leaves no chance of returning to the previous state
unless there is a separate backup.
I
2013-12-02 16:00, Dale Visser skrev:
I think an additional case for a strong warning screen should be added:
when an existing NTFS or FAT32 partition is set to be deleted or
modified in any way. This would help newbies coming over from Windows.
You are right Dale,
This is a good way to help
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