Comment 15 for bug 8322

I have a Dell Inspiron 8500

I had four partitions ...

hda1 -> fat32 (4 Gb)
hda5 -> ntfs (4 Gb)
hda5 -> ntfs (10 Gb)
hda7 -> ntfs (20 Gb)

Two weeks ago i installed ubuntu from iso downloaded from web, when arrive
to disk partition i see my list of drivers correctly, i try to create new
partitions (hda8-> ext3) y (hda9 -> swap) , all aparently go ok... but
after install system i can't access to ntfs hda7, not for linux (ubuntu)
not for Windows XP... i think, well, i have make some extrange election in
partition menu, thinking in to be more careful the next time (i had lucky
because the partition hda7 haven't any important)... From Windows disk
administrator i see the unaccesible partition and thinking it's corrupt
make a format, all ok... but after format, grub boot loader not work...
ups... surprise, i recover boot sector from Windows 98 bootcd and i see the
ubuntu partition it's ... 'i don't know what happens', not exist... i wait
one week to assimilate the incredible fact... and one week later, with news
ilusions... try again... it begin the boot from ubuntu cd and when i go to
menu partitions select partition manual definition, i don't like
information appered, undo selections, don't apply changes!!! and when
reboot without install, i don't understand have dissapered another ntfs
partition...!!!! how it's this possible... i'm not a lucky man this day
because, i have copy from a week ago, but not for things generated this
week... a week work losed... I'm not hacker of linux, but i can define me
how a 'advanced user' and i can't understand how this can be... one user
that decide to probe ubuntu to know a linux option the first time and
occurs this... for this user ubuntu and linux for extension is death...
please, check the repartition system, it's critical fail..., you will think
to show more confirm questions before every action in partition menus or
options... optional will be fdisk form, for advanced users, fdisk won't be
extrange reactions... Please the incredible work of Ubuntu team in all the
Ubuntu Solution it makes, for others, down for this critical fail
possibility...

Thanks all Ubuntu team...

Cheers
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(Sorry for my poor english... i'm spanish). :)