From owner-freebsd-questions Sat May 2 21:33:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA29063 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 2 May 1998 21:33:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA29051 for ; Sat, 2 May 1998 21:33:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id OAA00758; Sun, 3 May 1998 14:03:23 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980503140323.C356@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Sun, 3 May 1998 14:03:23 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Theresa Fienen , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: freeBSD References: <199805030353.WAA10959@horizon.hit.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199805030353.WAA10959@horizon.hit.net>; from Theresa Fienen on Sat, May 02, 1998 at 09:52:00PM -0500 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 2 May 1998 at 21:52:00 -0500, Theresa Fienen wrote: > HELP!!!! Your system has screwed up my computer! I was attempting to > install the os onto my computer...things were going fine, but now I > haven't a way to access my Windows 95 and the FreeBSD is not > entirely installed and I can't remove it. What do I have to do to > completely erase every file associated with FreeBSD and restore my > original Windows 95? This is utterly important to me to get fixed > ASAP. Sorry, we're not very experienced in removing FreeBSD and installing Microsoft products. I'd suggest you look at your Microsoft documentation. Here are some possibilities: 1. Boot Microsoft from diskette and check the partition table with Microsoft's FDISK program. If you find a Microsoft partition (type 4: primary), mark it bootable and reboot. 2. If you have accidentally overwritten your Microsoft partitions, reinstall and restore your data from the backup. If this is what happened, it's due to lack of caution on your part. Installing *any* software which manipulates the partition table has the potential to shoot yourself in the foot. Don't blame it on the software. Of course, maybe you want to keep FreeBSD after all? In that case, let us know what hardware you have, how far you have got with the installation, and how you are trying to install it. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message