erase ubuntu and reinstall will it affect windows and other windows partitions

Question

I am trying to install a fresh version of Ubuntu in my computer without touching the windows 10 dual boot!

In the Installation Type, the first option seems exactly what i wanted to do.

My question is, is this feature is safe to use? because i don't want to lose any windows files and other NTFS partitions on the hard-disk. Please eliminate my confusion.

Note as that i dont need any files or media which are in the ubuntu partition, Thanks.

Thanks, what does the warning window says in this line: "SCSI1 (0,0,0)(sda)" what it means. — rakibtg, Nov 15 '15 at 16:48
Stop, there's a bug 1265192 , the reinstall wipes the whole disk. — ubfan1, Nov 15 '15 at 17:02
Shit .. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1265192 seems old now, dosent fixed yet? !!!! — rakibtg, Nov 15 '15 at 17:16

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 15 '15 at 16:52

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It's saying that the partition that you have created as logical, i.e,

/dev/sda7 which is of type swap and

the partition /dev/sda8 of type ext4

will be formatted and made clean to make space for the new installation of Ubuntu OS.

answered Nov 15 '15 at 16:52

Raphael

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If this is the answer you were looking for then, please accept the answer by ticking the tick symbol beside the answer (right-side). – Raphael Nov 15 '15 at 16:54
sure, just give me 5 more minutes :=) – rakibtg Nov 15 '15 at 16:55

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 29 '17 at 11:47

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Can confirm, used the first option of "Erase Ubuntu 16.04 and Reinstall". Afterwards my partition with Ubuntu was formatted and the Windows 10 partition was untouched.

answered Jun 29 '17 at 11:47

Julian Wise

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