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[Michael P <crank@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

omg i am just now upgrading my dual-boot laptop on my workplace while reading this.
i am an experienced linux user since 15 years, using lfs and gentoo as sole OS for most of them, switching to debian and now ubuntu.
I have seen many of these "super-bugs" in these years, explainable only by 1. carelessness, 2. arrogance, 3. dullness, 4. sabotage.
yes, sabotage. we all know that microsoft pays billions in its fight against linux, so there are surely coders that would take that extra money for creating bugs that do not only affect new users, but even the confidence of long time linux users.
people introducing such major bugs, that affect the whole OS for years, and who laterdelay the fix by discussing for month about "is it a bug or is it not?" should be removed from development. they surely fall into at least one of the mentioned categories.

sry to be so clear about that, but thats how professional development
works, and it's not even rude to say that. its just reality in 99% of
every successful project.

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Title:
  Install/reinstall wipes out all/other partitions

Status in elementary OS:
  Triaged
Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “ubuntu-livecd-image” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “ubiquity” source package in Trusty:
  Triaged
Status in “ubuntu-livecd-image” source package in Trusty:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Brand new Samsung laptop with UEFI. I had installed 13.04 Ubuntu but on reboot I never saw the 'grub' style menu. It just kept going into Windows 8.1.  So I got the 13.10 version (64 bit) and choose "Reinstall Ubuntu" (That may not be the exact text)
  It removed all the partiions including the recovery partitions. I do have a backup for the windows install, but I was very surprised that this happened.
  On a positive note I now have Ububtu up and running on my machine. 
  This is not my first time with Ubuntu. I have installed Ubuntu alongside WinXp, Vista and Windows 7. I've used Ubuntu desktop for over 6 years.
  If you would like me to try something to replicate this. .. I could shrink my existing partion make another one - reinstall and see if it whacks that one. I can do this now .. I'm still moving into this laptop so starting over is not so bad.

  Steve Devine

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