From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 29 00:33:09 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA02551 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 29 Sep 1998 00:33:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns.cityip.co.za (ns.cityip.co.za [196.25.223.140]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id AAA02507 for ; Tue, 29 Sep 1998 00:32:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wjv@cityip.co.za) Received: from wjv by ns.cityip.co.za with local (Exim 1.82 #2) id 0zNuEk-0006Qz-00; Tue, 29 Sep 1998 09:30:18 +0200 Message-ID: <19980929093018.B24711@cityip.co.za> Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 09:30:18 +0200 From: Johann Visagie To: Anthony , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HELP, i cant run windows now! Mail-Followup-To: Anthony , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <360FD211.CCA7A4CD@tcac.net> <19980928214330.D3432@TOJ.org> <19980929133006.E15172@freebie.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <19980929133006.E15172@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Tue, Sep 29, 1998 at 01:30:06PM +0930 X-PGP: ftp://ftp.cityip.co.za/users/wjv/pubkey.asc Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 29 Sep 1998 at 13:30 SAT, Greg Lehey wrote: > > > On Mon, Sep 28, 1998 at 01:14:41PM -0500, Anthony wrote: > >> HI > >> I havent installed FreeBSD just yet but i REALLY want to. I want > >> freeBSD for me + windows95 on my computer for my family. When ever > >> I use FIPS.EXE to free up space for freeBSD i cant get back into to > >> windows at all. It gives me this message-- [ snip ] > The real answer to Anthony is: "Tell us more about your system and > what you have done to it so far". I can't answer this question > myself, since I don't do Microsoft, but I'm sure others will if they > are given the background they need. >From the way he put it, I think Anthony might have been trying to run FIPS.EXE _whilst_ operating under Windows 95. Baaaaad mistake. Anthony, try booting into a DOS prompt (F8 while booting), and run FIPS from there. Of course, before running something as potentially destructive as FIPS, backup all data first. -- V Johann Visagie | Email: wjv@CityIP.co.za | Tel: +27 21 419-7878 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message