From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 26 9: 9:24 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABABD37B400 for ; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 09:09:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtprelay3.dc3.adelphia.net (smtprelay3.dc3.adelphia.net [24.50.78.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4649143E42 for ; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 09:09:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mwvw@adelphia.net) Received: from mswolf ([68.70.220.91]) by smtprelay3.dc3.adelphia.net (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with SMTP id GZV67K08.A01; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 12:09:20 -0400 Message-ID: <002d01c234be$a059de70$0a01a8c0@mswolf> From: "Michael Wells" Cc: , References: Subject: Re: Dan wants xp back. Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 09:08:05 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Can't he use a program like partition magic to format his drive? I have done things like this: 1. Use PM Floppies to reformat/re-lable as a FAT32 drive (this doesn't do a true format but makes the drive readable by a Win98 bootdisk) 2. Use a Win98 bootdisk to go and do a full format. I have had success in using the process going both ways Win <-> FreeBSD as I was having some HD problems earlier this year. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Warren Block" To: "Adam Weinberger" Cc: ; Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 4:07 AM Subject: Re: Dan wants xp back. > On Thu, 25 Jul 2002, Adam Weinberger wrote: > > > if you've been able to format the disk (did you let XP do it, or did you > > do it with other software?), then the problem is possibly with the disk > > itself. where are you seeing this error? is it spitting it out right > > when the computer boots up, or once the XP installation begins? > > I'm wondering what version of FreeBSD it was. Maybe it's a "dangerously > dedicated" partition which FDISK /MBR will fix? > > -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA > > > 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