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"And your warnings about the 'install alongside' option came too late - I had of course already tried the installation when I posted my problem. So I now discover that the Ubuntu installation has wiped Windows from my brand new laptop.
Having an 'install alongside' option which does nothing of the sort but wipes the 'alongside' OS partition instead is one hell of a bug!!"
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Relevant passage
"And your warnings about the 'install alongside' option came too late - I had of course already tried the installation when I posted my problem. So I now discover that the Ubuntu installation has wiped Windows from my brand new laptop.
Having an 'install alongside' option which does nothing of the sort but wipes the 'alongside' OS partition instead is one hell of a bug!!"