Installation overwrote windows installation too easily

[Ashley Benton]

On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 4:00 PM, Bart Silverstrim
<bsilver at chrononomicon.com>wrote:

> Ashley Benton wrote:
>
> >
> > Anybody can get it wrong that why you are ask to do a back up before to
> try
> > anything. Doing it or not is the person own decision. I did it before I
> > installed Ubuntu the first time and it was a great idea because my hard
> > drive broke a few weeks later. (nothing to do with Ubuntu). I am still
> doing
> > regular back up and put everything on DVDs when I want to update the
> system
> > (7.10 to 8.04) like that in case of trouble I just redoo a clean install.
> > And yes I use the vendor-specific restore which bring me back the
> computer
> > as it was when it was sold. No way to do anything else after my son got a
> > virus on the computer, nothing is working anymore. No worries about it
> the
> > data are on my computer using Ubuntu and his is empty except for his
> games.
>
> I was just pointing out in a conversation about the installers that
> vendors tweak their installers to wipe your computer to sales-state,
> while a full copy of Windows will ask you about your partition scheme
> and where and how to install Windows. That's all.
>

If I understood correctly what you mean I had no idea about that. I thought
that buying a computer with Windows on it and buying Windows separately were
the same, but I never bought Windows by itself and I won't so...
Anyway I prefer Ubuntu to Windows (you won't believe me less troubles with
Ubuntu. It is much easier than Windows. At least once you have learn the
basics), and yes still learning everyday.
Meg

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