Date: Fri, 6 Oct 1995 14:24:00 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: gt4722a@prism.gatech.edu (Brian "AGENT GORDON COLE" Atkins) Cc: kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de, gt4722a@prism.gatech.edu, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Win95 trashed booteasy and I can't fix it Message-ID: <199510062124.OAA02126@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199510062047.QAA10902@acmex.gatech.edu> from "Brian "AGENT GORDON COLE" Atkins" at Oct 6, 95 04:47:25 pm
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> > If your run it from a DOS disk (boot from that DOS disk) > > you should be able to run it. I never saw that error 3. > > It may sound stupid but try it again with the booteasy from > > freebsd.cdrom.com or a mirror site and do it from a virus > > clean diskette. I believe the floppy disk must be writable > > since booteasy writes a backup copy of the boot sector > > to the current directory. > > > > I was using the latest booteasy(1.7) from a dos disk in Win95's > "command monitor" or whatever it is calling dos nowadays. The disk > was writeable and everything... Do not use a DOS window in Win95. Boot a DOS disk. That was his point. Win95 will "protect you" by preventing you from writing the boot record. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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