Installation overwrote windows installation too easily

[James Takac]

Hi Ken

On Monday 08 September 2008 13:36:57 Ken McLennan wrote:
> G'day there One & All,
>
> >     Alas there is no software I am aware of that can tell the difference
> > between Windows and any other data on a Hard Drive.
>
>     It doesn't have to determine any differences, nor to find what OSes
> are installed anywhere. It needs to halt the process, offer a dialog
> with an explicit warning to the user about what will happen and giving
> them an opportunity to back out just in case they DO have windows (or
> Solaris, or Fedora, or Mandriva, any other OS) installed. It doesn't
> matter whether they do or not, but should provide the warning for a
> worst case scenario.
>
>     I doubt it would be difficult, just a dialog with a "Cancel &
> Return" option and a "Go Ahead and Nuke" option.
>
> See ya,
> Ken


Agreed. What's really needed is a reminder that before anything happens just 
what is going to happen and the chance to turn back. So if it happens that 
your choice means you will delete the entire disk and hence lose everything 
on  it that warning could make all the difference for a newbie. Hell, even 
someone who knows what they're doing can still stuff up big time and so the 
warning would be something that might make the difference regardless of 
newbie or veteran status

James

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