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[Smile4ever <smile4ever@xxxxxxxxxx>]

---- Aan vr, 02 jan 2015 22:38:35 +0100 Nio Wiklund<nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx> schreef ---- 
 > Den 2015-01-02 22:18, George DiceGeorge skrev: 
 > > OBI said: 
 > > [ 
 > > When you run this installer, a new operating system will be installed, 
 > > AND 
 > > the device will be formatted and 
 > > ***** COMPLETELY OVERWRITTEN ******] 
 > >  
 > > so I aborted the install. 
 > >  
 > > But now youre saying that there will be an option to run gparted manually 
 > > like ubuntus have  had for years... 
 > >  
 > > Good. 
 > >  
 > > Maybe I'll wait for the next version and try again, 
 > > i want something that i can start using on all my pcs. 
 > > And I want to help with torios user interface, 
 > > not programming. 
 > >  
 > > [george] 
 >  
 > Hi George! 
 >  
 > Installing operating systems is always risky, and I think it is 
 > important to tell people what is going to happen. If they are not very 
 > careful and install to the correct drive or partition, there may be a 
 > disaster. Too many people cry for help at the Ubuntu Forums because they 
 > have overwritten their Windows and their not-yet-backed-up personal 
 > documents. 
 >  
 > If you want to help us test ToriOS during this development phase, you 
 > are very welcome. But if you want to wait for the next version, the beta 
 > release, you are very welcome too :-) 
 >  
 > Best regards 
 > Nio 
 >  
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Hi Nio

What about this? I think this is more beginner friendly:
"Please make a backup of important files before installing this operating system, because the device will be formatted and completely overwritten"

Kind regards,
Geoffrey De Belie / Smile4ever