[ubuntu-in] General Question About Linux - Would there be any kind of Computer Users you would not introduce to Linux

[Narendra Diwate]

On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 9:18 AM, Jagadeesh Krishnamurthy
<kjaggu at gmail.com>wrote:
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> When his laptop had a hard disk failure, Ubuntu continued to write data on
> the affected sectors. An exhaustive search didn't yield much, and the only
> solution was to replace the disk. However, he noted that at least windows
> doesn't write new data on the affected sectors, and allows u to block access
> to those sectors thus using the remaining space available till one can buy
> the new hard disk.
>
> Anyway, lets all agree that most people (non-IT guys like me) came in for
> the "free" (as in money) tag. Unfortunately, most of them do not understand
> or even care about the FOSS logic. They are genuinely happy if their work
> gets done. Hence, the onus is on the community to a develop something that
> appeases all. This is exactly what the community is delivering. There will
> be cases of people who might not stick on..why bother? Lets live the way we
> want to... :)
>


Just curious - was the SMART data on the HDD enabled in BIOS. That would
have given Ubuntu info about the hard disk failing. It did in my system.
Thats when i bought a portable HDD.


Regards

Narendra Diwate
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