Installation overwrote windows installation too easily

[Knapp]

On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 3:09 PM, Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com> wrote:
> Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk wrote:
>> 2008/9/7 Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com>:
>>
>>
>>>    Alan there is nothing to write a bug about. Yes if your not careful
>>> you can ruin your laptop Windows. But a large number got it done right
>>> and were happy to dual boot with Windows.
>>>
>>
>> I disagree. I installed Hardy overwriting Windows, I knew what I was
>> doing (this was a laptop with no option to buy it without Windows
>> preinstalled), and I remembered that the Ubuntu installer could have
>> warned more explicitly that I am erasing potentially valuable data.
>> The warning should be issued just before making the choice, it should
>> be visible before one checks the option to use the whole drive, and
>> not as a confirmation later, before the actual formatting.
>>
>>
>    Alas there is no software I am aware of that can tell the difference
> between Windows and any other data on a Hard Drive.
>
> Karl

You might think it would be easy give the 2 formats, Windows VS ext3 or ext2.

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