Ubuntu installation wipes windows 8 recovery partitions
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
Incomplete
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High
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I wanted to reinstall ubuntu on my laptop. Here is the partition table as I remember before the installation:
1. 100MB - EFI
2. 900MB - windows8 recovery partition with label "Recovery"
3. ~150GB - windows 8
4. ~130-150GB - Ubuntu
5. ~300MB - another recovery partition which was probably created after windows8.1 update
6. ~350-400GB - Data
7. ~20GB - another recovery partition with label "Restore"
In the installer I chose this option: "Erase Ubuntu 13.10 and reinstall" with the text "Warning: This will delete all your Ubuntu 13.10 programs, documents, photos, music, and any other files" under it. I was sure it will only touch Ubuntu partition (4th one)
This is how the partition table looked after reinstallation:
1. ~500MB - EFI
2. ~700-750GB Ubuntu
3. ~8GB swap
As you see it wiped all of my partitions including the recovery ones. Now I'm left without windows and I don't have any backup/recovery media. Ubuntu should not even touch recovery partitions or ask user if he wants to remove them.
Unfortunately I can't give any log files beacuse I have alredy deleted ubuntu partition in order to try to restore my recovery partitions. I did it but due to the swap partition windows image was corrupted.
tags: | added: saucy |
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
I just made the same mistake on my Acer Aspire S7 392 while attempting a reinstallation in EFI mode. I got the exact same pattern from the repartitioning.