[Bug 1265192] Re: Reinstallation wipes out all/other partitions

[Chris Bainbridge]

> So the question is - Is it a bug or not?

Regardless of what it is called, it is clearly a problem that affects a
significant number of novice users in a very destructive way, and that
should be reason enough for some action to be taken to improve the
situation.

Since I wrote the comment above, I wondered what percentage of new
users:

    a) know about AskUbuntu
    b) look up their problem there
    c) do not find an existing question that matches
    d) bother to ask a new question

This combination subset is clearly a minority of new users. At a guess,
I would say they probably represent, what, 10% of new users? So the
lower bound of "1 report every 1.5 days on AskUbuntu" might actually
translate to 10 or so new users wiping their data every day. It is just
a guess, but I wouldn't be surprised.

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Title:
  Reinstallation wipes out all/other partitions

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “ubiquity” source package in Trusty:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Brand new Samsung laptop with UEFI. I had installed 13.04 Ubuntu but on reboot I never saw the 'grub' style menu. It just kept going into Windows 8.1.  So I got the 13.10 version (64 bit) and choose "Reinstall Ubuntu" (That may not be the exact text)
  It removed all the partiions including the recovery partitions. I do have a backup for the windows install, but I was very surprised that this happened.
  On a positive note I now have Ububtu up and running on my machine. 
  This is not my first time with Ubuntu. I have installed Ubuntu alongside WinXp, Vista and Windows 7. I've used Ubuntu desktop for over 6 years.
  If you would like me to try something to replicate this. .. I could shrink my existing partion make another one - reinstall and see if it whacks that one. I can do this now .. I'm still moving into this laptop so starting over is not so bad.

  Steve Devine

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