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

[DoubleYY]

I second Mauricio Gracia.

I have, similarly, been toying with Linux since '98. And actually using
Ubuntu since 2010. I have also been a vocal Linux/Ubuntu evangaliser
until Unity and then Mint/Cinnamon evangaliser.

I was trying to convert my team at work to change over to Linux, when
this same 'disaster' struck me as I was showing them how safe it was to
change over to Linux.

I'm still struggling to recover my data after 36 hours of 'TestDisk'
scanning. And my team has been traumatised enough to want to agree to
pay whatever licence fees the closed source OS manufacturer demands,
just to avoid such slash-and-burn destruction of their individual
computers.

So, please do bear in mind, that unless and until this matter is
resolved positively, it is succeeding in driving more people over to the
'other' camp than anything else.

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Title:
  Reinstallation 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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