Dave Morley wrote: > On Sun, 2008-01-13 at 22:43 +0000, Chris Rowson wrote: > >>> On Sun, 2008-01-13 at 14:19 +0000, Farran Lee wrote: >>> >>>> lately I've been showing my friends and family ubuntu, trying to convert >>>> them to it. I promised them that it can't touch windows, and will not >>>> damage any of their files. >>>> But every computer I've run it on, the owner has reported it has come >>>> back with errors, although I have never personally witnessed them. >>>> >>>> Can anyone confirm that this is not the cd please? Note: I did not >>>> install anything while running it live. >>>> >>>> >>>> =================================== >>>> Farran Lee >>>> I'm only 15 :P >>>> >>> i would be careful, its likely that something has gone wrong with >>> windows because... well its windows.. and that they are blaming this >>> strange thing you put on the computer once that they are unfamiliar >>> with. live cds are very careful not to do anything that could hurt the >>> currently installed systems (if they did there would be an outcry) >>> -- >>> gord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >>> -- >>> >> Hi Faran >> >> Can you be a little more specific about the errors your friends/family >> have seen? >> >> At a guess, the only thing I can think of is Windows invoking the >> chkdsk utility. Perhaps this could be caused mounting the NTFS >> partition, and Windows detecting that 'it' (as in Windows) hadn't shut >> it down properly hence invoking chkdsk. I don't think that you should >> see any real damage to a PC. >> >> Chris >> >> > I was about to say something similar. Did you at any time access their > windows drive from Ubuntu. That may trigger a ntfs corruption that > chkdsk would remedy. > I put a live CD (not Ubuntu) in my wife's Vista laptop the other day and good old Windows happily informed me "There are errors on this disc" and also offered to "fix them". Thinking that should be fun I let it get on with it only to be told that the disc was beyond repair and that I should contact my vendor immediately. Not too sure how it was going to 'repair' a CD mind you.
I'm sure that something similar would be interpreted as an error by many people. Andy Jenkins. -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
