Feisty live CD killed HD

[Chris]

On Tue, 04 Sep 2007 09:44:33 -0300
Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:

> Brian Astill wrote:
> 
> > I don't believe this!
> >> PS  I have had the laptop checked out by
> >> a very good IT guy and the disc stuffed the hard drive, it
> >> partitioned through the windows programme and made it
> >> unworkable, so I load Linux and that went on okay but the hard
> >> drive was that damaged that nothing would work other than it
> >> was able to put the Linux programme on but then wouldn't work
> >> so I'm getting another hard drive fitted and will go from
> >> there.
> > 
> > Comments, please.
> > 
> 
> OK - no, I don't believe that...
> 
> Firstly, the Live CD wouldn't "partition through the Windows program"

Agreed - this is nothing more then another case of a user NOT taking
the time to READ what's on the screen muck less research a potential OS
and how to install it.

Of course we fully expect the user to reply to this stating that he/she
DID read the screen and research the OS ... But, we know he/she didn't.

The Windows OS was made for a certain type/group of users. Know your
limitations. Try not to deviate from that limitation ... If you do,
PC-101 teaches us NEVER to use production hardware (as this user
clearly has).



-- 
Best regards,
Chris
Registerd Linux user number 448639