Alternatively we could help raise mainstream awareness of options such as Dual-Boot and LiveCd (and with *buntu, Puppy and a rare few others the 'install inside Windows' option) as all of these are easy ways for non-techies to keep data intact.
Regards from Tom :) " ________________________________ From: Faldegast ... Thats why you let them try a clean Windows install first. Then when they lost data you blame tell them "It would not have happened if the files was stored in Linux." > > The simplest work-around when installing linux is to setup a dual-boot > > You could also simply save the data. I guess many of those doing Linux > support also have many years of experience with Windows - so you > probably know where the data is. I do. And I back that up and then > wipe the machine. Prior to this I usually use CloneZilla to create an > image. I usually prefer to just make an archive with rar, 7zip or whatever. Then it can easily be extracted to whatever filesystem they are using under /home/user/olddisk As you never know where all those Windows programs store their data its usually not safe to delete stuff like c:\windows. However it should be safe to exclude exe and dll files from the backup. " -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu 4 dz, which is a direct subscriber. Status in Club Distro: Invalid Status in Computer Science Ubuntu: Invalid Status in EasyPeasy Overview: Invalid Status in Ichthux - Linux for Christians: Invalid Status in JAK LINUX: Invalid Status in The Linux OS Project: In Progress Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite: In Progress Status in Tabuntu: Invalid Status in A simple player to online TV streaming: Invalid Status in Tv-Player: New Status in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in “ubuntu-express” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in The Jaunty Jackalope: Invalid Status in “ubuntu-express” source package in Jaunty: Invalid Status in Baltix GNU/Linux: Invalid Status in “linux” package in Debian: In Progress Status in Fluxbuntu: The Lightweight, Productive, Agile OS: Confirmed Status in openSUSE: In Progress Status in Tilix Linux: New Bug description: Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC marketplace. This is a bug, which Ubuntu is designed to fix. Non-free software is holding back innovation in the IT industry, restricting access to IT to a small part of the world's population and limiting the ability of software developers to reach their full potential, globally. This bug is widely evident in the PC industry. Steps to repeat: 1. Visit a local PC store. What happens: 2. Observe that a majority of PCs for sale have non-free software pre-installed. 3. Observe very few PCs with Ubuntu and free software pre-installed. What should happen: 1. A majority of the PCs for sale should include only free software like Ubuntu. 2. Ubuntu should be marketed in a way such that its amazing features and benefits would be apparent and known by all. 3. The system shall become more and more user friendly as time passes. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~algeriatul Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~algeriatul More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
