Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 14:29:55 -0500 From: Henrik Hudson <lists@rhavenn.net> To: neodan85@optonline.net (Dan) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BAck to XP (yuck) Message-ID: <200207261429.55405.lists@rhavenn.net> In-Reply-To: <200207261642.g6QGgK819504@clunix.cl.msu.edu> References: <200207261642.g6QGgK819504@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
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As a guy who regularly switches back and forth between 2000 or XP and Fre= eBSD=20 (don't ask why I don't just dual-boot) I have never had a problem=20 reinstalling Windows. Sure, it says "unknow partitions" but you just tell= it=20 to wipe those partitions and it pops up your nice little warning "Are you= =20 sure? etc..." and you click "Yes" and off you go. Partition Magic, etc...= =20 isn't needed. Gaming is the only thing Windows is good for...everything e= lse=20 UNIX can do differently and/or better. On Friday 26 July 2002 11:42, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > i recently installed FreeBSD on one of my computers. I discovered t= hat > > it was harder to learn than i thought it would be and i wanted to go = back > > to WindowsXP. I tried formatting the disk and using the installer on= the > > XP CDROM but it always says there is a primary hard disk failure. Ho= w > > can i fix this so i can install Windows again. > > First, have some patience with FreeBSD. It can actually be learned, > unlike Microsloth stuff which is a house of tricks. And once you get > it, that other stuff will seem weak and hard to use. > > Second, you may have to get your hands on a partition mangler such > as Partition Magic from Power Quest to clean things up before the XP > installer will know what to do. PM seems to work well and is copiously > documented and is available in many stores including Best Buy where I > found it recently. > > ////jerry > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message --=20 Henrik Hudson lists@rhavenn.net Note: Beware of Dragons - Thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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