Blood Lesson WARNING re "WARTY" Install

vailima vailima at icontech.com
Mon May 9 15:22:05 UTC 2005



But it did "wipe out" the Win98SE data ... wish that it hadn't but it did but at least I had copies of the data which was destroyed.



>
>Subject: Re: Blood Lesson WARNING re "WARTY" Install
>   From: "Shu Hung (Koala)" <koalay.dg21 at gmail.com>
>   Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 22:50:58 +0800
>     To: Ubuntu Help and User Discussions <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>
>Ubuntu doesn't necessarily wipe out all data on your harddisk. You can
>control the partition creation and format to avoid this kind of
>tragedy.
>
>Actually, if you want to install a ubuntu with another operation
>system (say "M$ Window$"), you would have to mannually edit the
>partition table during the installation process. If you use the
>automated "hand-free" installation instead, the installation program
>would erase your old partition and all data in it.
>
>I once installed Warty on a PC with a Windows, both systems work fine
>afterward. I have a Hoary with a Windows XP on it, both systems work
>fine too.
>
>Anyway, backup is always a good idea before any system-wide change.
>Wish you can overcome that.
>
>
>Koala Yeung
>
>
>2005/5/9, vailima <vailima at icontech.com>:
>> 
>> 
>> If I may suggest ....
>> 
>> BEFORE ... PRIOR TO ... installing UBUNTU onto your main (or only) microcomputer, do yourself a favor and either;
>> 
>> (1) Purchase a Card Reader with the appropriate number of Memory Cards as may be needed to store all your valuable data files or
>> 
>> (2) purchase a new and large enough hard drive with the associated cables (see eBay) with which you can attach this new hard drive to your present computer,
>> 
>> .. then down load and store all files and associated data which are of value to you.
>> 
>> I suggest this as "WARTY" UBUNTU will destroy/write over/delete/remove ALL files currently on your hard drive. Unlike Mandrake, "WARTY" UBUNTU will NOT reside with another operating system on the same hard drive.
>> 
>> I found this out the hard way ... only I had and have backup files and data stored on other microcomputers which I own.
>>
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