Comment 78 for bug 57153

Sylvain Cherrier schreef:
> sidney a écrit :
>
>> This event probably has done very serious harm to the migration to linux
>> from Windows.
>>
> [...]
> Well, a Windows user often reinstall his OS... :-(
> because of virus, malware, etc.. etc.. Even with good protections...
>
I agree. I had to do that once every 6 to 9 months. Reinstalling Ubuntu
with all the applications took only a fraction of the time that I had to
spend on getting a fully functional Windows desktop again.

> So, one day broken in Dapper's life is really small in front of what
> happen in Windows's life !!
>
> But, maybe it could be a good idea to think about a way of restarting
> from a previous configuration...
> Maybe booting from Installation CD, and downgrading ? Or something like
> that ?
>
>
That would definitely be an asset. I tried to use the Ubuntu DVD to
backup my /home folder, but I couldn't access it that way. Okay, I did
not really look into it, but the fact is that Knoppix recognized and
mounted all my partitions (ext3, NTFS and FAT32) making it easy to use
it in salvage.

Better and easier problem solving tools that won't require extensive CLI
knowledge would be an improvement.