[Bug 1136461] Re: Install alongside another OS: Wiped other drive instead

[Jamie Strandboge]

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Title:
  Install alongside another OS: Wiped other drive instead

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  1) The release of Ubuntu you are using, via 'lsb_release -rd' or
  System -> About Ubuntu

  I was installing elementary OS (http://elementaryos.org)

  2) The version of the package you are using, via 'apt-cache policy
  pkgname' or by checking in Software Center

  The one included in elementary OS's Luna Beta 1 USB-stick installer.

  3) What you expected to happen

  I did, upon choosing "Install alongside Windows 8", assume that
  elementary OS would install on the same drive as Windows 8 (C:\) and
  alongside Windows 8. And with not loosing files. (Which the installer
  said would be the case)

  4) What happened instead

  Instead of installing it alongside Windows 8 on the C:\ drive, which I
  assumed it would, it cleared out my whole backup-drive (D:\),
  paritioned it and installed elementary OS there. I lost all important
  files. (I managed to recover some, but not the most important ones.)

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  This might be a serious bug to take a look at. Loosing these files was
  almost as painful as a heart-break. (Very close to it, indeed)

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