From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 8 16:27:47 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from pop.idx.com.au (pop.idx.com.au [203.14.30.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CE5737B666 for ; Tue, 8 Aug 2000 16:27:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dannyh@idx.com.au) Received: from freebsd.freebsd.org (tntwc01-3-89.idx.com.au [203.166.3.89]) by pop.idx.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id JAA01424; Wed, 9 Aug 2000 09:27:35 +1000 From: Danny To: casmail@zdnetmail.com, "Chad" , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Windows Installation Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 09:32:26 +1000 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.21] Content-Type: text/plain References: <20000808230245.ABC28859.mta07.onebox.com@onebox.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <00080909362101.00378@freebsd.freebsd.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG -Hello - In regards to the windows installation - are you trying to :- Uninstall FreeBSD and reinstall Windows? If so you have to create a windows boot disk Run Fdisk Select 3 to delete partitions Select 4 to delete non dos partitions Select 1 to create a primary partition Select 2 to create an active partition Exit from fdisk type in a:\fdisk /mbr to restore your MBR restart your computer After you boot from your floppy again type in format c: /s Now you should be able to install Windows On Wed, 09 Aug 2000, Chad wrote: > I need HELP with the Windows install. > > I am very Proficient with Windows, but this is VERY confusing....The > almost 800 Page book was ritten for a unix hacker (like it always talks > about) > > Please Let me know if there is a tech support number ect.... > > > Thank you so much!!!!! > Chad > > ___________________________________________________________________ > To get your own FREE ZDNet Onebox - FREE voicemail, email, and fax, > all in one place - sign up today at http://www.zdnetonebox.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message