Ubuntu-GNOME Digest, Vol 9, Issue 31

[James]

On 11/27/2013 06:00 AM, ubuntu-gnome-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote:
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>     1. Ubungut Gnome Install process got problems (Ivan Vaselli)
>     2. Re: Ubungut Gnome Install process got problems (Ant?nio Pinto)
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> Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 20:51:24 +0100
> From: Ivan Vaselli <ivan.vaselli at gmail.com>
> To: ubuntu-gnome at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Ubungut Gnome Install process got problems
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> I got a hp pavilion 15 e070sl laptop with windows 8.
> I left installed windows 8, disabled secure boot, fast boot and finally
> installed ubuntu gnome but boot used to freeze every time.
> I decided to reinsall, i selected "Delete Ubuntu 13.10 and reinstall"
> On reboot i got the same problem;
> I tried to install again but this time i selected "Other Methods"
> I then noticed that the previous instal process deleted EVERYTHING from the
> hard disk, EVERTYTHING.
> I lost a lot of work, so, please fix this bug so that others won't get
> those problems...
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> Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 11:28:57 +0000
> From: Ant?nio Pinto <pinto.antonio at gmail.com>
> To: Ivan Vaselli <ivan.vaselli at gmail.com>,
> 	ubuntu-gnome at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: Ubungut Gnome Install process got problems
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> Hi Ivan,
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> I'm sorry your installation went bad.
>
> I have a suggestion regarding your data. You can try and get it back
> using programs like foremost (that basically tries to undelete your
> data) with any Live CD Linux distribution.
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> Regards,
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> Ant?nio Pinto
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> On 26-11-2013 19:51, Ivan Vaselli wrote:
>> I got a hp pavilion 15 e070sl laptop with windows 8.
>> I left installed windows 8, disabled secure boot, fast boot and finally
>> installed ubuntu gnome but boot used to freeze every time.
>> I decided to reinsall, i selected "Delete Ubuntu 13.10 and reinstall"
>> On reboot i got the same problem;
>> I tried to install again but this time i selected "Other Methods"
>> I then noticed that the previous instal process deleted EVERYTHING from
>> the hard disk, EVERTYTHING.
>> I lost a lot of work, so, please fix this bug so that others won't get
>> those problems...
>>
>>
>
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It's a shame you lost your data.  I recently convinced a friend with 
Windows 8 on a Lenovo Think Pad to switch to Ubuntu, and the same thing 
happened to him.  The only sure-fire way to avoid the problem is to have 
good backups.
This bug is an embarrassing one, though, because it can hurt confidence 
in the OS itself.