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    Windows 8 Issue ???

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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller @Alex Sage
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      @aaronstuder said:

      @scottalanmiller said:

      That's circular reasoning. Of course he's never used it if he's avoiding it. Now he can continue with the same excuse because it isn't installed (till it upgrades automatically.)

      What if that user had never used Windows 8? Would you put them on Linux? 😄

      If they have used Windows 8 and liked it I would just take away their computer, they are clearly not ready to use one 😉

      Not necessarily Linux, but it should always be questioned. And ANYTIME someone refuses to go to the current Windows that alone is like a 90% chance that they should not be on Windows at all, in my book. If you don't trust and embrace your OS, time to move.

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        Alex Sage @StrongBad
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        @StrongBad said:

        He also said that the friend, not Lakshmana, did the upgrade. So who is responsible for backups if not the owner nor the person doing the install?

        How does @Lakshmana they know that install was done correctly then?

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        • LakshmanaL
          Lakshmana @Alex Sage
          last edited by

          @aaronstuder Whether the installation of Windows 8 would be go like this?That is making other partition to RAW partition??

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller @Lakshmana
            last edited by

            @Lakshmana said:

            @aaronstuder Whether the installation of Windows 8 would be go like this?That is making other partition to RAW partition??

            Not normally, we would not expect this to happen. But any upgrade is risky, of course, and upgrades to Windows have never been advisable.

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            • LakshmanaL
              Lakshmana
              last edited by

              The installation of the Windows 8 is done properly by deleting only C partition only but unfortunately the D drive got RAW.

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              • StrongBadS
                StrongBad @Alex Sage
                last edited by

                @aaronstuder said:

                @StrongBad said:

                He also said that the friend, not Lakshmana, did the upgrade. So who is responsible for backups if not the owner nor the person doing the install?

                How does @Lakshmana they know that install was done correctly then?

                The fact that the one drive is now RAW tells us that that can't possibly be true. And I'm sure he's just repeating what he was told by the person who did the upgrade.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @Lakshmana
                  last edited by

                  @Lakshmana said:

                  The installation of the Windows 8 is done properly by deleting only C partition only but unfortunately the D drive got RAW.

                  That doesn't tell us in any way if it was done properly. It also explains why it is seen as raw, it's mount was deleted.

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                    Alex Sage @Lakshmana
                    last edited by Alex Sage

                    @Lakshmana said:

                    The installation of Windows 8 is done properly without deleting other drives(D and E).

                    How do you know this? The only way to know this to have done the install yourself, or have watched the install being done.

                    Get a Linux Boot CD, boot from the CD and backup the data right away.

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                      Alex Sage
                      last edited by Alex Sage

                      @Lakshmana maybe a picture of disk management would help 🙂

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                      • IRJI
                        IRJ
                        last edited by

                        It's already been recommended but I would definitely boot to a live Linux installation.

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                        • LakshmanaL
                          Lakshmana @Alex Sage
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                          @aaronstuder Sorry the picture of the diskmgmt.msc cannot be done.Because my friend was in other place.

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                            Alex Sage
                            last edited by Alex Sage

                            Also, for next time. If you have a hard drive you don't want touched, simply disconnect the SATA connector before installing Windows. 🙂

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                            • LakshmanaL
                              Lakshmana
                              last edited by

                              Ok.I will recommend to my friend also

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                                Alex Sage
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                                Friends don't let friends install Windows be themselves 😄

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