Public bug reported:
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.
** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Ubuntu installation wipes windows 8 recovery partitions
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