[OT] Netbook and Ubuntu

[Billie Walsh]

On 05/24/2011 12:11 PM, Verde Denim wrote:
> When the screen died suddenly and I sent the netbook in for warranty
> repair, they wiped Ubuntu and restored Windows 7. But I didn't need to
> update the video driver again, so I haven't needed to boot it again
> since it was repaired.
>
> Somehow this seems to be a breach within the customer service agreement
> - if your video hardware component "died" and the solution was a
> replacement, how did wiping out the hard drive contribute to the
> solution??? Did they tell you that the OS played a part in the problem?
> I would follow up on this one...
>
> Jack
>
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I think it's just an automatic reaction. One of the main "fixes" for a 
Windows problem is Fdisk > Format > Reinstall. Anytime a machine comes 
in for repair they automatically do it.

If you totally bork a Linux install the foregoing steps work quite well 
there also. I did that several times when I first started playing with 
Linux. Great way to learn what not to do.

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