[Bug 1098785] Re: Ubuntu installer 'reinstall' wipes complete partition table.

[Fabio Marconi]

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Title:
  Ubuntu installer 'reinstall' wipes complete partition table.

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I'm pretty sure this is a bug, or at least poor design.

  I just got a new Dell Inspiron 660 with Windows 8, I wanted to dual-
  boot with ubuntu. I shored up some space for a partition and created a
  partition in the Ubuntu 12.10 32-bit installer (note that the
  installer didn't identify Windows as being there, so I used the
  'something else' option). Ubuntu was working fine, but the dual-boot
  aspect wasn't working properly. I ran boot-repair - it told me that I
  needed to install the 64-bit version for things to work properly.

  So I went back into Windows, downloaded 12.10 64-bit and went ahead
  with the reinstall. This time, instead of 'something else' I chose
  'Reinstall Ubuntu ...'. After the install, I tried to reboot into
  Windows and soon found that it wasn't there anymore (fdisk -l shows
  only the linux partition). No big deal for me since it is a new
  machine and I didn't lose any data, but the reinstall option
  apparently (or at least in my case) recognise that the previous
  install was isolated to a specific partition. There should at least be
  a warning like there is for the top option (which I forget at this
  moment).

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