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    [–] [email protected] 55 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    A little story about windows. I know it's partially my fault but Microsoft just hates it users.

    So I was running dual boot an messed up the boot loader. A quick fix and I was back to Linux.

    When I wanted to boot windows the bootloader was damaged and I couldn't fix it with windows repair tools.

    So I thought: ok just install the snapshot windows found. Worst case they delete windows right?

    Well it told that it will reformat the boot partition and no more info. It took a suspicious amount of time and when I booted it I was in windows and all ALL of my connected drives where formatted. No question asked just wiped the whole system!

    Fuck you Windows!

    [–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    This is one of the reasons why my Windows bootloader is currently broken. I made a similar mistake a few years ago, and now I don't have the mental energy to make sure that everything's ready in case Windows screws up again

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

    Still to this day I have to open my case and disconnect all but the windows ssd before (re)installing windows.