[Bug 1358543] Re: "Replace Windows with Ubuntu" produces unintended results
Brian Murray
brian at ubuntu.com
Tue Aug 19 15:44:48 UTC 2014
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Title:
"Replace Windows with Ubuntu" produces unintended results
Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
"Replace Windows with Ubuntu" in 14.04 acts the same as "Erase disk
and install Ubuntu" in previous version.
If this is intended , then the current description is very misleading.
The option and warning message suggest Windows and Windows related
files are the only things being removed, while in reality the
partition table has been rewritten, effectively removing all files.
I thought Ubuntu was able to detect Windows installation partition and
try to install Ubuntu in that area of the hard disk, but I was
horrified when my data storage partition has seeming merged with the
system partition.
Note that the warning message for the old option isn't exactly very
clear neither. Both the new and old options talk about files and
operating systems at the same time. People know files are separate
from OS because they can open files in different OS, so when the
description puts the two together, they will assume it is specifically
about the files of the OS.
I suggestion using more overreaching and simple wording such as "erase
hard drive", "remove all files on computer", and "re-partition" to
make sure everyone is truly warned, even those action might not
technically be the action the installer is performing. Reminder such
as "data loss will occur, please backup important files" would be
exceedingly useful as well.
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