[ubuntu-uk] ubuntu cd damaging windows paritions?

Rob Beard rob at esdelle.co.uk
Mon Jan 14 17:45:05 GMT 2008


gord wrote:

> i would be careful, its likely that something has gone wrong with
> windows because... well its windows.. and that they are blaming this
> strange thing you put on the computer once that they are unfamiliar
> with. live cds are very careful not to do anything that could hurt the
> currently installed systems (if they did there would be an outcry)
> 

Yup, that's a common thing amongst less knowledgeable computer users. 
If something goes wrong they'll blame the last knowledgeable (or maybe 
no to knowledgeable) person, even if it's a fault of their own or the 
operating system/application.

I've had that a few times.

Rob



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