Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 15:09:26 -0500 From: Henrik Hudson <lists@rhavenn.net> To: "Balaji, Pavan" <pavan.balaji@intel.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BAck to XP (yuck) Message-ID: <200207261509.26604.lists@rhavenn.net> In-Reply-To: <3D386AED1B47D411A94300508B11F18704AD6973@fmsmsx116.fm.intel.com> References: <3D386AED1B47D411A94300508B11F18704AD6973@fmsmsx116.fm.intel.com>
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Ummm, you mean if you install Windows on top of something else? Yeah, it wipes the bootloader, etc.....why would you ever want to run another OS besides Windows on one machine? :) If I am going to dual/triple/quad boot... Windows is first and then everything else comes after. On Friday 26 July 2002 14:26, Balaji, Pavan wrote: > I was just wondering if the problem with the bootloader being wiped off > when windows is installed still there... > > > Pavan Balaji, > Intel Corporation > > "Only the Paranoid Survive" -- Andy Grove > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Henrik Hudson [mailto:lists@rhavenn.net] > > Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 2:30 PM > > To: neodan85@optonline.net > > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > Subject: Re: BAck to XP (yuck) > > > > > > As a guy who regularly switches back and forth between 2000 > > or XP and FreeBSD > > (don't ask why I don't just dual-boot) I have never had a problem > > reinstalling Windows. Sure, it says "unknow partitions" but > > you just tell it > > to wipe those partitions and it pops up your nice little > > warning "Are you > > sure? etc..." and you click "Yes" and off you go. Partition > > Magic, etc... > > isn't needed. Gaming is the only thing Windows is good > > for...everything else > > 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 that > > > > > > 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. How > > > > > > 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 > > > > -- > > > > 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 -- 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 messagehelp
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