Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 15:35:32 -0400 From: Nathan Vidican <webmaster@wmptl.com> To: thuall <thuall@wanadoo.fr> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to free a FreeBSD partition Message-ID: <39808F04.2FA27127@wmptl.com> References: <000701bff801$be78b260$221afac1@default>
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> thuall wrote: > > Hello, > > In a PC I have installed 2 partions : > - one for DOS/WINDOWS > - and the second for FreeBSD > > And now I would like to dedicate this PC to Windows (and dedicate > another PC to FreeBSD). > How to free BSD partition and restore it for Windows ? > > Has someone here already done sucessfully this operation ? > > Any information would be appreciated. > > Thanks a lot > > > Regards > > Simple, run window's fdisk, select option '3', (erase partition), select '4', (remove non-dos partition), select the appropriate FreeBSD partition, erase it, and then re-create a new extended dos partition. Then to get rid of the FreeBSD boot manager, reboot into windows DOS PROMPT ONLY, and type: fdisk /mbr . Then reboot, and you're done. -- Nathan Vidican webmaster@wmptl.com Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd. http://www.wmptl.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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