"Replace Windows 8" option erases entire disk

[wingedboars]

I have HDD which until recently had two partitions: NTFS with legitimate Windows 8 and ext4 with Fedora 20. I decided to install Ubuntu instead of Windows, just to give Ubuntu a try. I took "replace windows 8" option (мy thoughts were: "What a service!") during installation, assuming that only windows 8 will be removed. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that Ubuntu "replaced" entire disk with itself.

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Soooooo painful. So be careful.

Did I miss something or is it really a flaw?

[oldfred]

Same as this as it just uses entire drive.
Always best to use Something Else and manually format & choose partitions.

Reinstall says overwrite Ubuntu but it also erases existing Windows.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1265192

[wingedboars]

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...y/+bug/1265192 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1265192)
This is not exactly the same, but very similar. Ok, thanks, I added my two cents to this bug report.
But this bug in at least six months old? Ahahaha. Well, I better move on then. Too friendly distr for me.:lolflag: