[Bug 1265192] Re: Install/reinstall wipes out all/other partitions

[machrider]

Just chiming in to say that I got burned by this during Xubuntu 14.04
installation. I previously had Windows 7 and Linux Mint Nadia in a dual
boot configuration. My options were:

* Install alongside Linux Mint Nadia
* Overwrite Linux Mint Nadia
* ...something custom, I think...

I chose to overwrite Linux Mint Nadia, and it wiped the entire disk,
including my Windows partition. :( I was hoping there would be a point
in the installer where it would provide a summary of the actions it was
about to perform, but it jumps straight into the installation without
showing you anything like that. If I had seen a summary of the actions
the installer was going to take, I would have stopped it.

Still not sure how much data I lost at this point.

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Title:
  Install/reinstall wipes out all/other partitions

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “ubiquity” source package in Trusty:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Brand new Samsung laptop with UEFI. I had installed 13.04 Ubuntu but on reboot I never saw the 'grub' style menu. It just kept going into Windows 8.1.  So I got the 13.10 version (64 bit) and choose "Reinstall Ubuntu" (That may not be the exact text)
  It removed all the partiions including the recovery partitions. I do have a backup for the windows install, but I was very surprised that this happened.
  On a positive note I now have Ububtu up and running on my machine. 
  This is not my first time with Ubuntu. I have installed Ubuntu alongside WinXp, Vista and Windows 7. I've used Ubuntu desktop for over 6 years.
  If you would like me to try something to replicate this. .. I could shrink my existing partion make another one - reinstall and see if it whacks that one. I can do this now .. I'm still moving into this laptop so starting over is not so bad.

  Steve Devine

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